UP paddy procurement up 40% to 2.75 mn tonnes so far this Kharif season

State is targetting procurement of 5 mn tonnes of the crop by Feb 2020

Paddy procurement is gaining momentum in Uttar Pradesh with the state agencies purchasing nearly 2.8 million tonnes (MT) in the current kharif marketing season.

Since, paddy procurement had stood under 2 MT during the corresponding period last year, UP has clocked 40 per cent upswing in the season so far.

The Adityanath government is targetting procurement of 5 MT of paddy this year. The procurement season started on October 1 and will continue till February 2020-end, covering all districts in phases.

About 3,860 procurement centres, including more than 100 run by the Food Corporation of India (FCI), have been set up across UP