Food Corporation of India has procured over 75,000 quintals of paddy from farmers in Assam so far in the current fiscal.
In a written reply in the State Assembly, the Agriculture Minister, Mr Nilomoni Sen Deka, today said FCI has set up 20 procurement centres in various districts and of these, 13 are currently engaged in the process.
As on March 1, a total of 75,348 quintal of paddy has been procured by the Central agency in the State. The highest procurement of 30,514 quintal has been made in the Hojai centre in central Assam.
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