According to the New Indian Express reports, the paddy procurement executed through cooperative societies has established a new record collecting grains at the support price of 144.92 lakh metric ton (LMT) during the current Kharif marketing season.
Considering this success, the state govt. has extended the paddy procurement through cooperatives from January 31 to February 4.
Known as ‘rice bowl’ Chhattisgarh has 26.85 lakh registered farmers with the addition of 2.65 lakh new paddy growers this year.
Cooperatives’ remarkable performance in paddy collection has wowed cooperators in the state.