UP likely to breach paddy procurement target of 5 million tonnes

So far, UP has procured 4.2 MT with 8 weeks still left in 2019-20 kharif marketing season

Bolstered by the brisk pace of paddy procurement, Uttar Pradesh is looking to breach the target of 5 million tonnes (MT) for the current 2019-20 kharif marketing season.

Against the target of 5 MT, the government agencies have already purchased paddy totalling more than 4.2 MT or 84 per cent of the seasonal target.

According to UP food commissioner Manish Chauhan, the Western UP regional has already over-achieved the target of 1.67 MT by clocking paddy procurement of 1.9 MT so far, or 14 per cent higher vis-a-vis target.

The eastern UP region has in the meantime accounted for paddy procurement of 2.32