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The preparations for procurement of paddy and coarse cereals on support pricing during kharif season 2011-12 are at the last stage.
The three-month procurement will commence from November 1 and end on January 31, 2012. A target has been fixed for procurement of a total of five lakh 65 thousand metric tonnes of paddy and coarse cereals like jwar, bajra and maize.
It may be mentioned that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a bonus of `50 per quintal on paddy procurement consecutively for third year.
The responsibilities of procuring paddy and coarse cereals have been entrusted to two agencies. Paddy will be procured jointly by State Cooperative Marketing Federation and State Civil Supply Corporation.
Cereals including jwar, bajra and maize will be procured only by State Civil Supplies Corporation in the state. Paddy will be procured in Sagar, Rewa and Shahdol divisions and Katni, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara and Mandla districts of Jabalpur divisions while it will be undertaken in rest of the districts by State Cooperative Marketing Federation.
In all, 5.50 lakh metric tonnes of paddy will be procured out of which Civil Supplies Corporation will procure 1.70 metric tonnes and 3.80 lakh metric tonnes will be procured by State Cooperative Marketing Federation. In coarse cereals, State Civil Supplies Corporation will procure 10 thousand metric tonnes of maize, 2,500 metric tonnes of bajra and 2,500 metric tonnes of jwar.
The agencies have been instructed to arrange gunny bags, credit limits and staff at procurement centre in consonance with above quantity.
Districts have been instructed to fix targets as per their total quantity.
The Union Government has decided to procure common variety of paddy at the rate of `1,080 per quintal and Grade-A variety at `1,110.
The State Government will give a bonus of `50 per quintal on the procurement of paddy only. The Union Government has fixed `980 per quintal as procurement rate of coarse cereals, maize, jwar and bajra.
The three-month procurement will commence from November 1 and end on January 31, 2012. A target has been fixed for procurement of a total of five lakh 65 thousand metric tonnes of paddy and coarse cereals like jwar, bajra and maize.
It may be mentioned that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a bonus of `50 per quintal on paddy procurement consecutively for third year.
The responsibilities of procuring paddy and coarse cereals have been entrusted to two agencies. Paddy will be procured jointly by State Cooperative Marketing Federation and State Civil Supply Corporation.
Cereals including jwar, bajra and maize will be procured only by State Civil Supplies Corporation in the state. Paddy will be procured in Sagar, Rewa and Shahdol divisions and Katni, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara and Mandla districts of Jabalpur divisions while it will be undertaken in rest of the districts by State Cooperative Marketing Federation.
In all, 5.50 lakh metric tonnes of paddy will be procured out of which Civil Supplies Corporation will procure 1.70 metric tonnes and 3.80 lakh metric tonnes will be procured by State Cooperative Marketing Federation. In coarse cereals, State Civil Supplies Corporation will procure 10 thousand metric tonnes of maize, 2,500 metric tonnes of bajra and 2,500 metric tonnes of jwar.
The agencies have been instructed to arrange gunny bags, credit limits and staff at procurement centre in consonance with above quantity.
Districts have been instructed to fix targets as per their total quantity.
The Union Government has decided to procure common variety of paddy at the rate of `1,080 per quintal and Grade-A variety at `1,110.
The State Government will give a bonus of `50 per quintal on the procurement of paddy only. The Union Government has fixed `980 per quintal as procurement rate of coarse cereals, maize, jwar and bajra.
