Government agencies will start procuring paddy at the minimum support price from January 1. Two procurement centres have been set up at the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee yards in Gangavati and Karatagi in Koppal district, according to Kanagavali, Deputy Commissioner.
Presiding over a meeting of the district task force here on Tuesday, she said that ordinary paddy would be procured at Rs. 1,510 per quintal, and Grade-A paddy at Rs. 1,450.
The market price for paddy is good now and farmers could prefer to sell it to procurement centres before they crash. Maldandi jowar too would be procured at these centres at the minimum support price of Rs. 2,100 per quintal (Rs. 1,590 announced by centre and Rs. 510 as incentive given by State government).
Karnataka State Marketing Federation is the nodal purchasing agency for Koppal district.
Ms. Kanagavalli instructed officials to arrange godowns to store the foodgrains and remit the value through RTGS directly to the farmers’ bank account. She directed the Agriculture Department to arrange for graders at the centres.
Ramadas, Joint Director of Agriculture, informed the meeting that paddy was cultivated on around 39,920 hectares and the yield was expected to be around 1.71 lakh tonnes.
Maldandi was grown in 25,630 ha and the anticipated yield was around 14,117 tonnes.
Karnataka State Marketing Federation is the nodal purchasing agency
Source : The Hindu
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