Kharif Marketing Season 2023: Chhattisgarh started a campaign for the purchase of paddy on 1 November 2022, which concluded on 31 January. About 24.98 lakh farmers got themselves registered in this campaign. About 2.32 lakh new farmers also joined to get a fair price for their crops. In the campaign for the purchase of paddy, which lasted for three months, about 1 crore 7 lakh 51 thousand 858.22 tonnes of paddy has been purchased, which is said to be a new record. is.
Millers lift 90 lakh tonnes of paddy
Chhattisgarh government claims that they have not only procured paddy, but for custom milling, millers have procured 90 lakh tonnes of paddy from procurement centers Also picked up. For information, let us tell you that this year the Chhattisgarh government had set a target of procuring about 110 lakh tonnes of paddy.
The number of farmers has increased this year
Officials said that the important decisions taken by the state government in the interest of the farmers have enabled more and more farmers to get paddy at the minimum support price this year. Motivated to buy. This is the reason why the area under paddy cultivation has also crossed 32 lakh hectares this year.
How was the paddy procurement campaign over the years
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year |
Registered Area |
Growth |
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2017 |
23.42 |
2.16 |
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2018 |
24.46 |
1.04 |
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2019 |
25.6 |
1.14 |
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2020 |
26.88 |
1.28 |
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2021 |
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2.36 |
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2022 |
31.17 |
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