Till now the government has purchased 12.21 lakh tonnes of Kharif paddy, sold wheat and rice through e-auction
The government has started purchasing Kharif paddy. This year, harvesting of Kharif paddy, sown in a slightly larger area of 411.96 lakh hectares, started last week. Apart from this, the Food Corporation of India sold 1.89 lakh tonnes of wheat and only 5000 tonnes of rice to bulk consumers like flour mills in the 15th weekly e-auction held on Wednesday.
According to the Food Ministry, the government has started purchasing paddy. So far, about 12.21 lakh tonnes of grains have been purchased from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Paddy worth Rs 2,689.77 crore has been purchased at MSP from 99,675 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Punjab, and Haryana, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
This year, harvesting of Kharif paddy, sown in a slightly larger area of 411.96 lakh hectares, started last week.