UP procures 5.65 mn tonnes of paddy this kharif season, 13% beyond target

State govt agencies and FCI procure from over 700,000 farmers, including sharecroppers and contract farmers for the first time; Rs 9,000 cr paid to cultivators

The Uttar Pradesh government has achieved paddy procurement of more than 5.65 million tonnes (MT) in the current 2019-20 kharif marketing season.

With this, the state surpassed its procurement target of 5 MT by 13 per cent. Last year, the state had clocked paddy purchase of nearly 4.83 MT. (See table)

The state paddy procurement season had commenced on October 1 and was to officially conclude by the end of February 2020.

According to official statistics, state government agencies and Food Corporation of India (FCI) procured the food grain from more than 700,000 farmers, including sharecroppers and contract farmers for the first time.

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