Preparations for paddy procurement at the minimum support price for the kharif marketing year 2026-27 have gathered pace in Chhattisgarh. To make it easier for farmers to sell paddy, a token system is being introduced at procurement centers. This time, farmers will receive tokens on the basis of the area of their registered agricultural land. Paddy procurement in the state will begin on November 15 and continue until January 15, 2027.
This year, farmers will receive tokens on the basis of land area.
Under the new system, farmers with up to two acres of land will be able to get a maximum of one token, those with more than two acres and up to 10 acres will get two tokens, and farmers with more than 10 acres will be able to get a maximum of three tokens. Tokens will be issued to farmers from November 10. For this, the facility to apply from home through the ‘Tunhar Token’ mobile app will be available.
Seventy percent of each procurement center’s daily fixed capacity will be reserved for online tokens, while the remaining 30 percent of tokens will be issued through the concerned cooperative society. Of the online tokens, 80 percent has been earmarked for small and marginal farmers and 20 percent for large farmers.
This year, paddy procurement is planned at a total of 3,100 procurement centers in the state. A maximum of 21 quintals of paddy will be purchased per acre. The government’s objective is to streamline the token process, reduce crowding at centers and enable farmers to sell their produce on time.
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