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Procurement of paddy at minimum support price has started in Uttar Pradesh from today i.e. from October 1st. Concrete arrangements have been made by the government at the paddy purchasing centre. However, very few farmers are coming to the purchase center to sell paddy. In such a situation, it is being said that the procurement of paddy will increase after the next one week. Because this time due to late arrival of monsoon, farmers started planting paddy late. In such a situation, in many areas the paddy crop is not fully ripe yet. Whereas, in western Uttar Pradesh, farmers were successful in planting early paddy. In such a situation, they are reaching the purchasing centers to sell paddy.
At the same time, complete preparations have been made by the administration to ensure that farmers do not face any kind of problem at the purchasing centres. CM Yogi Adityanath’s government says that two categories of paddy will be purchased from farmers for the crop season 2023-24. This includes ‘common’ and ‘grade A’ paddy. The special thing is that the MSP of ‘Dhaan Common’ has been fixed at Rs 2183 per quintal. Whereas, ‘Grade A’ will be purchased at the rate of Rs 2203 per quintal. The special thing is that 4000 purchasing centers have been established in the entire state to purchase paddy.
Have to register
If farmer brothers want to sell paddy on MSP, then they will have to first register by visiting the official website https://fcs.up.gov.in/ or mobile app UP KISAN MITRA.
Paddy will be purchased at MSP till 31 January
At the same time, for the information of the farmers, let us tell you that the UP government will purchase paddy in two phases in different zones. Under the first phase, paddy will be procured in the western zone. This includes all the districts of Hardoi, Sitapur, Lakhimpur, Bareilly, Agra, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Aligarh, Meerut and Jhansi divisions of Lucknow division. In these districts, paddy will be purchased at MSP from October 1 to January 31.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com
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