The Indian government has fixed the rice procurement target at 46.35 million tonne (mt) from the crop grown during the current kharif season. It had purchased about 47.4 mt from the kharif 2024 crop against a target of 51.16 mt.
In a meeting with Food Secretaries of States and Union Territories on Monday, where officials from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) were also present, the Department of Food and Public Distribution discussed the arrangements for procurement of crops in the ensuing kharif marketing season (KMS) 2025-26, which will commence from October.
“During the meeting, the estimates for paddy procurement (kharif Crop) were fixed at 46.35 million tonne in terms of rice,” the Food Ministry said in a statement. The target of procurement for coarse grains /millets (Shree Anna) have been fixed at 1.92 mt during the ensuing KMS 2025-26, it said.
