Summer paddy being sold in the mandis at a higher price than the support price
Farmers getting Rs 1800-1950 Rs. per quintal
Result of giving complete exemption on mandi fee and farmer welfare fee from 12th July 2022.
Raipur, 16 August 2022 / As per the Chief Minister, Mr. Bhupesh Baghel’s intention to encourage the export of rice in the interest of the farmers of the state, and as a result of the decision to give complete exemption on the mandi fee and farmer fee, farmers are getting an additional profit of Rs. 250-300 per quintal by selling their summer paddy. Due to the fee exemption, Farmers are selling summer paddy in the mandis at a price higher than the support price. At present, summer paddy is being sold in the mandis at the rate of Rs 1800-1950 per quintal, which is directly benefiting the farmers of the state. Last year, the paddy of Rabi season was sold in the mandis at a price of Rs 1600 to 1650.
It is worth mentioning that in order to encourage the export of rice,the state government has offered complete exemption in Mandi duty fee and farmer welfare fee on the export of processed rice from the paddy purchased through mandis with effect from July 12, 2022. As a result of which, Rabi farmers are recieving better market price than the support price, about 1800 to 1950 Rs. is being received by the farmers presently. This year, during the period of 22 July to 15 August 2022, about 18 lakh 53 thousand quintals of paddy have been bought and sold by the farmers in the mandis of the state. The farmers have received an amount of about Rs 55 crore 90 lakh more than last year at a hike of Rs 250 to 300 per quintal, which has directly benefited 92 thousand 650 farmers of the state. Due to several farmer-friendly policies of Chhattisgarh government, the economic condition of the farmers has been strengthened in the last three and a half years. Farmers are happy to get higher price of Rabi paddy and are making efficient use of the additional profit received by them.
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, many big decisions have been taken by the Chhattisgarh government to make the state’s agriculture and farmers prosperous. The short-term agricultural loan of Rs. 9270 crore and irrigation tax of Rs. 244 crore was waived off for the farmers. In order to promote crop productivity and diversification in the state, through the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, input subsidy of Rs. 12 thousand 920 Crores has been disbursed to farmer’s which has also resulted in the significant increase in the productivity of paddy in the state. Due to better system of procurement of Kharif paddy at support price in the state and immediate payment in lieu of paddy sold by the farmers, record-breaking procurement of paddy is being done year after year. In the last Kharif marketing year, an amount of more than 19 thousand crores was paid to the farmers on the support price of 98 lakh metric tonnes of paddy.
