Of the 275 tokens distributed to farmers, more than 225 tokens have been used to purchase rice.
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The Birgunj branch of the Food Management and Trading Company Limited has purchased 8,337 quintals of rice.
According to Pankaj Kumar Jha, the branch chief, paddy procurement started on December 6, and this amount of paddy has been purchased in a month. The branch has been purchasing paddy from farmers through the token system since this year. Out of 275 tokens distributed to farmers, paddy has been purchased using 225 more tokens. Each farmer has been distributed a paddy purchase token at the rate of 40 quintals. He said that the targeted quantity of paddy will be purchased within the next three to four days. This year, the branch has received a quota of 10,000 quintals of paddy. If the target quantity of paddy is not received from the farmers who have received the token, paddy will be purchased from the farmers on the waiting list, he said. This year, farmers from Parsa, Bara, Rautahat and Sarlahi have brought paddy for sale to the branch.
This year too, the branch is purchasing only Sona Mansuli paddy. The support price of Sona Mansuli paddy has been fixed by the federal government at Rs 3,628.33 per quintal this year, so the branch is also purchasing at the same price.
