Bihar Govt increases limit of paddy procurement
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Patna, Dec 10: Bihar government has increased the limit of paddy to be procured from the ryots, who are land owing farmers from the existing 200 quintals to 250 quintals per farmer and for non ryots from the existing 75 quintals to 100 quintals.
In a major relief to the farmers, the Bihar government’s cooperative department has decided to launch paddy procurement through the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and Vyapar Mandal outlets across the state next week.
The government has also decided that the farmers registered at the website of the agriculture department should be automatically deemed as eligible by PACS at the minimum support price (MSP) rates.
The revised paddy procurement target for the current season has been fixed to 45 lakh metric tonnes. This year, the MSP for the ordinary or general grade paddy is Rupees 1,868 per quintal and that of A- grade paddy rupees 1,888 per quintal.