Assam sets ambitious 2nd crop target of 1.50 lakh MT of paddy procurement

Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI: Riding high on the record-breaking procurement of paddy during the first crop of the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024-25, the Assam government has set an ambitious target for the procurement of 1.50 lakh MT of paddy at an MSP (Minimum Support Price) of Rs 2,300 per quintal during the second crop of KMS.

In the KMS first crop, four agencies procured 697802.74 MT of paddy against the target of 591800 MT, registering 117.91 percent of procurement.

According to AFCSCL (Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd) chairman Dewan Dhruba Jyoti Maral, the paddy procurement of the second crop in the state started on July 1, 2025, and will continue till September 30, 2025. As of July 12 this year, four agencies have procured 949.24 MT of Boro Paddy (second crop) in the state, he said.

The four agencies-two central and two state agencies that procure paddy in Assam-are AFCSCL, ASAMB (Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board), Food Corporation of India (FCI), and NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd).

AFCSCL, which has set the target of procuring 94,900 MT of the second crop, has so far procured 665.92 MT as of July 12, 2025. However, the ASAMB has set the procurement target of 5,000 MT, and FCI, which has the target of 3,500 MT, has not started procuring paddy as yet. NAFED, with a target of 46,600 MT, has procured 283.32 MT so far.

According to official sources, as many as 6,242 farmers of the state have applied for registration to sell the second crop, and 5,691 of them have been registered, leading to the registration of 81,576 MT of paddy for sale.

During KMS's first crop, AFCSCL procured 541957.53 MT against the target of 434800 (124 percent of target), ASAMB procured 3524.6 MT against the procurement target of 5500 MT (64 percent), FCI procured 17223.42 MT against the target of 74500 MT (only 23 percent), and NAFED procured 125097.19 MT against the target of 77000 MT (175 percent of target).

During KMS's first crop, over 55,000 farmers sold paddy in as many as 174 PPCs (paddy procurement centres).

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