Over 1.37 lakh farmers register for paddy procurement in UP in less than 2 months

LUCKNOW:  Over 1.37 lakh farmers have registered themselves for the paddy procurement in Uttar Pradesh till Thursday, according to an official statement issued here.

For the 2025-26 procurement session, farmer registration for paddy sales began on September 1 and by October 23 (12 noon), 1,37,166 farmers had registered themselves and since October 1, over 35,630 metric tonnes have already been purchased across these divisions, it said.

The state government set a target of opening 4,000 procurement centres, of which 3,790 are already operational.PTI