Commencement of paddy procurement at the Minimum Support Price will begin with immediate effect in Punjab and Haryana in the wake of early arrival of the kharif crop in these two states, the Centre announced on Saturday.
Otherwise, paddy procurement for the 2020-21 kharif (summer) marketing season is scheduled to begin from October 1 in all the key growing states, it said.
“In view of early arrival of paddy in the ‘mandis’ of Haryana and Punjab, Government of India has approved the commencement of procurement operations for paddy /rice immediately in both these states with effect from September 26, 2020,” the Union Food Ministry said in a statement.
This is to ensure that farmers are facilitated in selling their produce at the MSP expeditiously, it said.
The orders for commencement of procurement operations for paddy /rice from September 26, in Haryana and Punjab, have been issued,…