Chandigarh: Lauding the District Food Supply Controllers (DFSCs) for ensuring the stupendous success of previous 9 procurement seasons, the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Mr. Lal Chand Kataruchak today exhorted the DFSCs to pull up their socks and ensure the success of upcoming paddy season (2026-27) too.
No paddy from outside Punjab should be allowed to enter the mandis of State under any circumstances, said Mr. Kataruchak adding that the DFSCs of especially the border states need to make sure that no bogus entries are done and they need to be extra vigilant in this regard.
The DFSCs most coordinate with the officers of the Mandi Board for a successful procurement season and take care to ensure that interests of all the stakeholders specially the farmers are well looked after.
The Minister was also apprised that the target for the Paddy procurement season 2026-27 has been fixed at 180 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) and area under cultivation stands at 26.22 Lakh Hectare Area. The Minimum Support Price (MSP) has been fixed at Rs. 2441 Per Quintal. As regarding the Bales, 4.20 Lakh bales are already available against the need of 5.09 lakh which makes the availability come to 82 percent. Also, 3600 mills are ready for the allotment of paddy.
