Procurement estimate nearly 20% higher from previous year
A virtual meeting of State Food Secretaries to discuss the procurement arrangements for ensuing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21 was conducted on September 11, 2020.
Around 495.37 LMT rice has been estimated for procurement during the forthcoming KMS 2020-21 (Kharif Crop) season which is 19.07 percent more than the procurement estimate of 416 LMT during KMS 2019-20 (Kharif Crop).
Procurement estimates for Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have increased exponentially by 100 percent and more, and for Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar and Jharkhand are higher by 50 percent and more in comparison to KMS 2019-20.
The leading States in terms of estimated procurement of rice are Punjab (113 LMT), Chhattisgarh (60 LMT) and Telangana (50 LMT) followed by Haryana (44 LMT), Andhra Pradesh (40 LMT), Uttar Pradesh (37 LMT) and Odisha (37 LMT).
