Rice procurement estimated 375 lakh tonnes during 2017-18

The procurement of Rice is estimated to be 375 lakh tonnes during 2017-18 for Kharif crop. In a meeting of State Food Secretaries held in New Delhi, procurement target was finalised. This year procurement target is 45 lakh tonnes more than, the last year target of 330 lakh tonnes.

The government’s rice procurement has touched 34.35 million tonnes (MT) in the ongoing 2016-17 marketing season (October-September). The procurement has already crossed the target of 33 million tonnes set for this year.

The meeting was chaired by the Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ms Preeti Sudan.

She reviewed arrangements for procurement of paddy in producing States, particularly in decentralised procurement States and other non-traditional States during Kharif Marketing Season 2017-18.

The meeting chaired by the Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ms Preeti Sudan reviewed arrangements for procurement of paddy in producing States, particularly in decentralised procurement States and other non-traditional States during KMS 2017-18.

State wise targets for procurement of paddy (in terms of rice) for KMS 2017-18 for Kharif season is as follows:

Sl. No.	State	Target of Procurement for Kharif Crop only (In Lakh MT)
1	Andhra Pradesh	25
2	Assam	0.75
3	Bihar	12
4	Chhattisgarh	48
5	Haryana	30
6	Jharkhand	2.5
7	Karnataka	1
8	Kerala	1
9	Madhya Pradesh	13
10	Maharashtra	4
11	Odisha	30
12	Punjab	115
13	Tamil Nadu	10
14	Telangana	15
15	Uttar Pradesh	37
16	Uttarakhand	7
17	West Bengal	23
18	Others	0.75
Total		375