Patna, 05 December (ABN) Hon'ble Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a high-level review meeting at Sankalp located on 1 Anne Marg regarding the purchase of paddy for the Kharif Marketing Year 2025-26 and gave necessary instructions to the officials. In the meeting, Principal Secretary of the Food and Consumer Protection Department, Mr. Pankaj Kumar, through a presentation, provided detailed information about the minimum support price of paddy under the Kharif Marketing Year 2025-26, which is the proposed period for paddy purchase and the purchase target. He said that this time the minimum support price of common grade paddy has been kept at Rs 2369 per quintal, while the minimum support price of Grade A paddy has been kept at Rs 2389. The paddy purchase period has been kept from 1 November 2025 to 28 February 2026. This year the paddy purchase process will be done in a phased manner and the paddy purchase target has been set at 36.85 lakh metric tons. The number of rice mills in the state has now increased to 396. He informed that paddy purchase has been started in all districts.

During the review, the Chief Minister said that the government is providing all possible help to the farmers. Ensure that people associated with agriculture do not face any kind of trouble in paddy purchase. Also, keep an eye on those who create irregularities in the paddy purchase work. Speed up and improve the paddy purchase work so that the farmers do not face any kind of trouble.

In the meeting, Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sushrat Chaudhary, Food and Consumer Protection Minister Mrs. Leshi Singh, Cooperative Minister Dr. Parmod Kumar, Chief Minister's Principal Secretary Mr. Deepak Kumar, Development Commissioner Mr. Mahir Kumar Singh, Food and Consumer Protection Department Principal Secretary Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Chief Minister's Secretary Mr. Anupam Kumar, Chief Minister's Secretary Mr. Kumar Ravi, Chief Minister's OSD Mr. Gopal Singh, Chief Minister's Secretary Dr. Chandrashekhar Singh, Cooperative Department Secretary Mr. Dharmendra Singh, Food and Consumer Protection Department Secretary Mr. Niyar Iqbal, Registrar, Cooperative Society, Mr. Rajnish Kumar Singh, and other senior officers were present.