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Haryana Government Ensures Smooth Paddy Procurement at MSP for Farmers
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News18•12-10-2026, 19:00
Haryana Government Ensures Smooth Paddy Procurement at MSP for Farmers
- •Haryana Agriculture Minister Shyam Singh Rana announced robust arrangements to procure every grain of farmers' produce at the minimum support price.
- •Paddy procurement for the kharif season started early on September 29 and will continue through November 15 across 278 geo-fenced mandis and centres.
- •The Centre fixed the MSP at Rs 2,441 per quintal for common-grade paddy and Rs 2,461 per quintal for grade-A paddy, with a procurement target of 58 lakh metric tonnes for the state.
- •As of October 11, about 17.25 lakh metric tonnes of paddy arrived in mandis, out of which agencies purchased 10.78 lakh metric tonnes and lifted 4.19 lakh metric tonnes.
Key Questions Answered
The Centre has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) at Rs 2,441 per quintal for common-grade paddy and Rs 2,461 per quintal for grade-A paddy for the 2026-27 kharif marketing season in Haryana.
Paddy procurement for the kharif marketing season 2026-27 started on September 29, instead of the initially scheduled date of October 1, and will run through November 15.
The Centre has set a paddy procurement target of 58 lakh metric tonnes for Haryana for the current year, alongside a target of delivering 32.5 lakh metric tonnes of Custom Milled Rice to the Food Corporation of India.
