The government has procured sixteen.51 million tonnes of rice up to now in the contemporary 2018-19 advertising and marketing yr and the overall amount is in all likelihood to surpass the target, a senior Food Ministry respectable said.

The rice procurement goal set for this 12 months become 37 million tonnes.

The authorities had procured 38.18 million tonnes during the last marketing yr (October-September), exceeding the goal of 37.5 million tonnes set for that yr.

As per the contemporary information, rice procurement in Punjab reached 10.86 million tonnes, Haryana at 3.88 million tonnes, Telangana at nine,ninety six,779 tonnes, Chhattishgarh at 3,02,319 tonnes and Uttrakhand at 1,seventy one,098 tonnes up to now this advertising year.

Tamil Nadu has procured 1,10,771 tonnes of rice, whilst in case of Kerala it stood at forty nine,813 tonnes and Maharashtra at 17,880 tonnes in the stated length, the facts confirmed.

Procurement is yet to begin in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.

For the modern year, the government has constant paddy MSP of ‘common’ grade range at Rs 1,750 per quintal, at the same time as that of ‘A’ grade range at Rs 1,770 in step with quintal.

The authorities has pegged rice output to be 99.21 million tonnes inside the kharif season of the 2018-19 crop 12 months (July-June), as in opposition to the real output of ninety seven.50 million tonnes in the same season closing 12 months.