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Bengal has produced 150 lakh tonne of paddy this year as against 130 lakh tonne last year. &amp;quot;The government had fixed a target of 20 lakh tonne for procurement of paddy from peasants in the state. For the 20 lakh tonne, we will pay the minimum support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal. But beyond this, we are not in a position to pay this amount for paddy,&amp;quot; said DN Mondol, president, Bengal Rice Mills Association. He added that there was no export of non-basmati rice to Bangladesh because the neighbour has enough production and can sustain its own demand.
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According to food ministry sources, the state government till date has procured 2 lakh tonne as against the target of 20 lakh tonne of paddy. The oversupply situation in the market has pushed down prices. In Burdwan district, the rice bowl of Bengal, paddy is being sold between Rs 850 - Rs 900 per quintal. State food and supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mallick said: &amp;quot;Prices will start improving shortly. We have asked National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Fedration of India (Nafed), Essential Commodities Supply Corporation (ECSC), Benfed and Confed to procure paddy. We are also talking to FCI on rice procurement issue.&amp;quot;
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Ajit K Sinha, general manager, FCI, said: &amp;quot;Till December 31, 2011, only 1.79 lakh tonne of rice is available with the Bengal government and therefore the question of lifting of 4.5 lakh tonne does not arise at this point. It is to add that out of the total estimated procurement of 20 lakh tonne, the state government has estimated the delivery of 6.65 lakh tonne rice to FCI during the kharif marketing season 2011-12, out of which 4 lakh tonne is levy rice and 2.65 lakh tonne is CMR. The period of KMS 2011-12 starts from October 1, 2011 and continues up to September 30, 2012. There is a substantial increase in the procurement of rice by FCI in KMS 2011-12 in comparison to the previous year. We are keen to help the state.&amp;quot;
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                <div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">A high kharif paddy production 2011-12 coupled with almost zero exports to Bangladesh has pushed down paddy prices in Bengal. Paddy is selling around Rs 850-900 per quintal below the minimum support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Bengal, which stands second in rice production, has produced 15% extra this kharif paddy as compared to 2010-11 kharif. A dearth of rice mills in the state is also one of the major reasons for the paddy price going down.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Bengal has produced 150 lakh tonne of paddy this year as against 130 lakh tonne last year. &quot;The government had fixed a target of 20 lakh tonne for procurement of paddy from peasants in the state. For the 20 lakh tonne, we will pay the minimum support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal. But beyond this, we are not in a position to pay this amount for paddy,&quot; said DN Mondol, president, Bengal Rice Mills Association. He added that there was no export of non-basmati rice to Bangladesh because the neighbour has enough production and can sustain its own demand.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">According to food ministry sources, the state government till date has procured 2 lakh tonne as against the target of 20 lakh tonne of paddy. The oversupply situation in the market has pushed down prices. In Burdwan district, the rice bowl of Bengal, paddy is being sold between Rs 850 - Rs 900 per quintal. State food and supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mallick said: &quot;Prices will start improving shortly. We have asked National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Fedration of India (Nafed), Essential Commodities Supply Corporation (ECSC), Benfed and Confed to procure paddy. We are also talking to FCI on rice procurement issue.&quot;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">FCI officials clarified that the corporation has been entrusted to accept delivery of levy rice and custom mill rice (CMR) from the West Bengal government. West Bengal has been a decentralised procurement state since 1997-98.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Ajit K Sinha, general manager, FCI, said: &quot;Till December 31, 2011, only 1.79 lakh tonne of rice is available with the Bengal government and therefore the question of lifting of 4.5 lakh tonne does not arise at this point. It is to add that out of the total estimated procurement of 20 lakh tonne, the state government has estimated the delivery of 6.65 lakh tonne rice to FCI during the kharif marketing season 2011-12, out of which 4 lakh tonne is levy rice and 2.65 lakh tonne is CMR. The period of KMS 2011-12 starts from October 1, 2011 and continues up to September 30, 2012. There is a substantial increase in the procurement of rice by FCI in KMS 2011-12 in comparison to the previous year. We are keen to help the state.&quot;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Mallick said NCCF has been given the target of procuring 5,000 tonne of paddy, Nafed 2,535 tonne, ECSC 26,000 tonne, Confed 2200 tonne and Benfed 1130 tonne of paddy. He added that the shortage of rice mills was also affecting paddy procurement. &quot;There are only 1,018 rice mills in the state. And nearly 300 rice mills are closed,&quot; the minister added.</div>               </font>
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Bengal has produced 150 lakh tonne of paddy this year as against 130 lakh tonne last year. &amp;quot;The government had fixed a target of 20 lakh tonne for procurement of paddy from peasants in the state. For the 20 lakh tonne, we will pay the minimum support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal. But beyond this, we are not in a position to pay this amount for paddy,&amp;quot; said DN Mondol, president, Bengal Rice Mills Association. He added that there was no export of non-basmati rice to Bangladesh because the neighbour has enough production and can sustain its own demand.
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According to food ministry sources, the state government till date has procured 2 lakh tonne as against the target of 20 lakh tonne of paddy. The oversupply situation in the market has pushed down prices. In Burdwan district, the rice bowl of Bengal, paddy is being sold between Rs 850 - Rs 900 per quintal. State food and supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mallick said: &amp;quot;Prices will start improving shortly. We have asked National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Fedration of India (Nafed), Essential Commodities Supply Corporation (ECSC), Benfed and Confed to procure paddy. We are also talking to FCI on rice procurement issue.&amp;quot;
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Ajit K Sinha, general manager, FCI, said: &amp;quot;Till December 31, 2011, only 1.79 lakh tonne of rice is available with the Bengal government and therefore the question of lifting of 4.5 lakh tonne does not arise at this point. It is to add that out of the total estimated procurement of 20 lakh tonne, the state government has estimated the delivery of 6.65 lakh tonne rice to FCI during the kharif marketing season 2011-12, out of which 4 lakh tonne is levy rice and 2.65 lakh tonne is CMR. The period of KMS 2011-12 starts from October 1, 2011 and continues up to September 30, 2012. There is a substantial increase in the procurement of rice by FCI in KMS 2011-12 in comparison to the previous year. We are keen to help the state.&amp;quot;
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A high kharif paddy production 2011-12 coupled with almost zero exports to Bangladesh has pushed down paddy prices in Bengal. Paddy is selling around Rs 850-900 per quintal below the minimum support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal.





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$disp = '<div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">A high kharif paddy production 2011-12 coupled with almost zero exports to Bangladesh has pushed down paddy prices in Bengal. Paddy is selling around Rs 850-900 per quintal below the minimum support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Bengal, which stands second in rice production, has produced 15% extra this kharif paddy as compared to 2010-11 kharif. A dearth of rice mills in the state is also one of the major reasons for the paddy price going down.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Bengal has produced 150 lakh tonne of paddy this year as against 130 lakh tonne last year. &quot;The government had fixed a target of 20 lakh tonne for procurement of paddy from peasants in the state. For the 20 lakh tonne, we will pay the minimum support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal. But beyond this, we are not in a position to pay this amount for paddy,&quot; said DN Mondol, president, Bengal Rice Mills Association. He added that there was no export of non-basmati rice to Bangladesh because the neighbour has enough production and can sustain its own demand.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">According to food ministry sources, the state government till date has procured 2 lakh tonne as against the target of 20 lakh tonne of paddy. The oversupply situation in the market has pushed down prices. In Burdwan district, the rice bowl of Bengal, paddy is being sold between Rs 850 - Rs 900 per quintal. State food and supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mallick said: &quot;Prices will start improving shortly. We have asked National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Fedration of India (Nafed), Essential Commodities Supply Corporation (ECSC), Benfed and Confed to procure paddy. We are also talking to FCI on rice procurement issue.&quot;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">FCI officials clarified that the corporation has been entrusted to accept delivery of levy rice and custom mill rice (CMR) from the West Bengal government. West Bengal has been a decentralised procurement state since 1997-98.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Ajit K Sinha, general manager, FCI, said: &quot;Till December 31, 2011, only 1.79 lakh tonne of rice is available with the Bengal government and therefore the question of lifting of 4.5 lakh tonne does not arise at this point. It is to add that out of the total estimated procurement of 20 lakh tonne, the state government has estimated the delivery of 6.65 lakh tonne rice to FCI during the kharif marketing season 2011-12, out of which 4 lakh tonne is levy rice and 2.65 lakh tonne is CMR. The period of KMS 2011-12 starts from October 1, 2011 and continues up to September 30, 2012. There is a substantial increase in the procurement of rice by FCI in KMS 2011-12 in comparison to the previous year. We are keen to help the state.&quot;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Mallick said NCCF has been given the target of procuring 5,000 tonne of paddy, Nafed 2,535 tonne, ECSC 26,000 tonne, Confed 2200 tonne and Benfed 1130 tonne of paddy. He added that the shortage of rice mills was also affecting paddy procurement. &quot;There are only 1,018 rice mills in the state. And nearly 300 rice mills are closed,&quot; the minister added.</div>'
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Paddy prices in West Bengal drop on high production by Sutanuka Ghosal

A high kharif paddy production 2011-12 coupled with almost zero exports to Bangladesh has pushed down paddy prices in Bengal. Paddy is selling around Rs 850-900 per quintal below the minimum support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal. Bengal, which stands second in rice production, has produced 15% extra this kharif paddy as compared to 2010-11 kharif. A dearth of rice mills in the state is also one of the major reasons for the paddy price going down. Bengal has produced 150 lakh tonne of paddy this year as against 130 lakh tonne last year. "The government had fixed a target of 20 lakh tonne for procurement of paddy from peasants in the state. For the 20 lakh tonne, we will pay the minimum support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal. But beyond this, we are not in a position to pay this amount for paddy," said DN Mondol, president, Bengal Rice Mills Association. He added that there was no export of non-basmati rice to Bangladesh because the neighbour has enough production and can sustain its own demand. According to food ministry sources, the state government till date has procured 2 lakh tonne as against the target of 20 lakh tonne of paddy. The oversupply situation in the market has pushed down prices. In Burdwan district, the rice bowl of Bengal, paddy is being sold between Rs 850 - Rs 900 per quintal. State food and supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mallick said: "Prices will start improving shortly. We have asked National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Fedration of India (Nafed), Essential Commodities Supply Corporation (ECSC), Benfed and Confed to procure paddy. We are also talking to FCI on rice procurement issue." FCI officials clarified that the corporation has been entrusted to accept delivery of levy rice and custom mill rice (CMR) from the West Bengal government. West Bengal has been a decentralised procurement state since 1997-98. Ajit K Sinha, general manager, FCI, said: "Till December 31, 2011, only 1.79 lakh tonne of rice is available with the Bengal government and therefore the question of lifting of 4.5 lakh tonne does not arise at this point. It is to add that out of the total estimated procurement of 20 lakh tonne, the state government has estimated the delivery of 6.65 lakh tonne rice to FCI during the kharif marketing season 2011-12, out of which 4 lakh tonne is levy rice and 2.65 lakh tonne is CMR. The period of KMS 2011-12 starts from October 1, 2011 and continues up to September 30, 2012. There is a substantial increase in the procurement of rice by FCI in KMS 2011-12 in comparison to the previous year. We are keen to help the state." Mallick said NCCF has been given the target of procuring 5,000 tonne of paddy, Nafed 2,535 tonne, ECSC 26,000 tonne, Confed 2200 tonne and Benfed 1130 tonne of paddy. He added that the shortage of rice mills was also affecting paddy procurement. "There are only 1,018 rice mills in the state. And nearly 300 rice mills are closed," the minister added.