New Delhi: In a meeting of State Food Secretaries held here today, procurement target for paddy in terms of rice for Kharif Crop during Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2017-18 has been finalised as 375 lakh tonnes against target of 330 lakh tonnes of last year i.e. KMS 2016-17. In KMS 2016-17 actual procurement of rice (Kharif crop) was 343.52 LMT.
The meeting chaired by the Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ms Preeti Sudan reviewed arrangements for procurement of paddy in producing States, particularly in decentralised procurement States and other non-traditional States during KMS 2017-18.
State wise targets for procurement of paddy (in terms of rice) for KMS 2017-18 for Kharif season is as follows:
| Sl. No. | State | Target of Procurement for Kharif Crop only (In Lakh MT) |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 25 |
| 2 | Assam | 0.75 |
| 3 | Bihar | 12 |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 48 |
| 5 | Haryana | 30 |
| 6 | Jharkhand | 2.5 |
| 7 | Karnataka | 1 |
| 8 | Kerala | 1 |
| 9 | Madhya Pradesh | 13 |
| 10 | Maharashtra | 4 |
| 11 | Odisha | 30 |
| 12 | Punjab | 115 |
| 13 | Tamil Nadu | 10 |
| 14 | Telangana | 15 |
| 15 | Uttar Pradesh | 37 |
| 16 | Uttarakhand | 7 |
| 17 | West Bengal | 23 |
| 18 | Others | 0.75 |
| Total | 375 |
