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Publish Date : 17-Feb-2016

The Food Corporation of India has purchased 40,000 quintal of paddy till February 10, the only procurer of paddy. The FCI will carry on buying paddy till March 31.

Palamu district supply officer Albert Biloung said, "This figure is expected to rise as paddy will be procured till March 31 and farmers here have enough time to sell their paddy to FCI."

The Jharkhand government has roped in FCI this time for paddy procurement rather than Primary Agricuture Credit Society (PACS).

Palamu district agricultural officer Edmund Minz said that quantity of paddy procured so far, does not match with the amount of cultivation here. Minz said, This season 72 to 74% was the coverage of paddy in the district. 52% of the paddy coverage got lost/damaged due to scanty and erratic rain fall here.

By this officer's own declaration Palamu had a bare 20-22% of paddy cultivation.

At present paddy procured by now touched 40,000 quintal figure till February 10 and is counting! Albert Biloung the district supply officer is amazed. District agricultural officer Minz is amazed on this fact of poor paddy cultivation and rich haul of paddy procurement in Palamu.

FCI has established 4 paddy procurement centres in Palamu one each at Chiyanki, Chainpur, Chhaterpur and Harihurganj.

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