Finally the Union government has agreed on procuring 24 LMT rice from Chhattisgarh through Food Corporation of India under central pool.
A consent letter regarding the same came on Thursday after the state submitted details of paddy purchase from farmers on Minimum Support Price prescribed by the Union government.
Centre had earlier refused the demand of the state for procuring all the surplus rice which amounts to be 32 LMT. Earlier in the letter written to Union Minister for Food, Ram Vilas Paswan, Chief Minister Baghel outlined the amount of surplus rice available with the state while talking about the state's expectations about Central procurement of rice.
"Out of 57.37 LMT of rice produced after custom milling, 25.40 lakh will be procured for PDS requirement of the state (Central 15.48 lakh metric ton, State Pool 9.92 LMT) and nearly 32 LMT of surplus rice will be made available for central pool of FCI", the state Chief Minister said demanding of the Centre to procure all the surplus paddy.
