Gujarat government starts procuring paddy
November 09, 2010
Gujarat government starts procuring paddy
Gandhinagar, 9 November, 2010
Gujarat has started procuring paddy at minimum support price from farmers at 8 depot from 6 November, and similar process will start at 23 godowns of Food Corporation of India from Tuesday, Civil supply minister Narottambhai Patel said in a statement on Monday.
The government has appointed Food Corporation of India(FCI) as Nodal agency for procuring paddy. Total 23 godowns of FCI will start procuring paddy from Tuesday. The process has been already started at Sabarmati, Viramgam, Mahesana, Palanpur, Vadodara, Bhomaiya, Godhra, and Valsad depot.
The support price for common category of paddy has been fixed at Rs 1,000 per quintal and Grade ‘A’ paddy at Rs 1,030 per quintal.
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