26 thousand farmers bought quintals of paddy worth lakhs
Mahasamund. In the Kharif marketing year 2023-24, the work of purchasing paddy at the support price fixed by the government is in progress at the paddy purchasing centers of the district.
One lakh 58 thousand 739 farmers of the district are registered for paddy procurement in 182 procurement centers of the district, whose registered area is 02 lakh 28 thousand 614.5506 hectares.
Tehsil wise number of registered farmers is 18 thousand 255 in Komakhan, 32 thousand 863 in Pithora, 27 thousand 961 in Basna, 15 thousand 666 in Bagbahra, 36 thousand 901 in Mahasamund and 27 thousand 93 in Saraipali tehsil. Nodal Officer G.N. Sahu said that till Wednesday, 11 lakh 75 thousand 521 quintals of paddy amounting to Rs 256 crore 82 lakh has been procured from 26 thousand 594 farmers in the district. The amount sold by farmers is being paid into their savings account within 3 days.
