Raipur, 18 July 2025 Considering the pursuits of the Annadas of the state as paramount, the Chhattisgarh authorities has procured 149.25 lakh metric tonnes of paddy on the assist price within the Kharif advertising yr 2024-25, which is the best quantity of the state after the formation of the state. The procurement of procured paddy is being performed by way of customized milling. By the tip of paddy procurement, the state had achieved the goal of incomes 70 lakh metric tonnes of rice beneath the Central Pool. A complete of 118.17 lakh metric tonnes of paddy amount, together with the goal of the state pool required for the welfare schemes and public distribution system of the state, has been set to resolve from the customized milling. Taking a choice within the curiosity of the farmers, the state authorities has determined to resolve the extra paddy by way of public sale. Bayer orders have been issued for 19 lakh metric tonnes of paddy by way of the public sale, and it is usually being raised shortly by the involved patrons and millers. All crucial precautions have been ensured by the Food Department to guard the remaining saved paddy within the assortment facilities of the state.
Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai had continuously interacted with the central authorities to satisfy the dedication to purchase one grain paddy from the farmers of the state. In this sequence, he met the Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Shri Prahlad Joshi on 24 June 2025 and urged him to extend the rice goal beneath the Central Pool.
The sustainable efforts of Chief Minister Sai have revealed constructive outcomes. The Government of India has elevated the rice procurement goal from 70 lakh metric tonnes to 78 lakh metric tonnes on 18 July 2025. This resolution just isn’t solely necessary within the curiosity of farmers, but it surely has additionally saved the state authorities from a doable monetary lack of about Rs 1200 crore. This improve in rice procurement goal will have a constructive influence on the fiscal state of the state. Also, the implementation of varied welfare schemes run by the state authorities within the curiosity of farmers will additionally achieve momentum.
Chief Minister Sai thanked the Government of India for this resolution and mentioned that it’s a signal of cooperation, coordinated farmer-interest coverage of the Center and the state. The Chief Minister reiterated the state authorities’s dedication to the calls for raised by the Miller Association and farmers of the state sometimes and guaranteed them that motion could be taken with a constructive angle on all strategies and wishes.