As per direction of the Government of Assam in Agriculture department, the ASAMB has been notified as a paddy procurement agency in 2012-13. Since then the Board is procuring paddy under KMS in designated paddy procurement centers. The procurement since 2012-13 is shown below..
Season | Procurement (in MT | MSP (per qtl.) |
2012 - 2013 | 7,895.343 | 1250/- |
2013 - 2014 | 251.060 | 1310/- |
2014 - 2015 | 10,553.830 | 1360/- |
2015 - 2016 | 10,130.699 | 1410/- |
2016 - 2017 | 15,964.866 | 1470/- |
(as on May, 2017)
Boro paddy is being procured under KMS as 2nd Crop.
Name of RMC | Name of PPC | Target (in qtl.) | Procurement (in qtl.) |
Morigaon DRMC | Dolbari (Jaluguti) | 35,000.00 | 7,932.00 |
Dhing RMC | Dhing | 8,453.20 | |
Lanka RMC | Kathiatoli (Kampur) | 5,651.60 | |
Doboka (Nilbagan) | 7,730.00 | ||
Total | 35,000.00 | 29,766.80 |
Name of RMC | Name of PPC | Target (in qtl.) | Procurement (in qtl.) |
Morigaon DRMC | Kushtoli | 11,500.00 | 0 |
Jhargaon | 0 | ||
Dhing RMC | Dhing | 1,142.40 | |
Roha | 1,161.60 | ||
Lanka RMC | Kathiatoli | 6,890.80 | |
Nilbagan | 1,209.00 | ||
Total | 11,500.00 | 10,403.80 |
(as on April, 2017)
Bao paddy is being procured from the year 2013-14 at the behest of the Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board fetching remunerative price to the growers of flood prone districts of Assam namely Dhemaji, Majuli and Morigaon. The paddy being milled and exported by a Haryana based company M/s Nature Bio Foods Ltd.
(as on April, 2017)
As per direction of the Government the Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board is procuring Potato at Rs. 500/- per qtl. from the month of March, 2017 in order to provide fair price to the Potato growers in the districts of Barpeta and Sonitpur. For this purpose the Board has received an amount of Rs. 1.00 Crore from Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs department. Potato so far procured by the Board is shown below.
Name of RMC | Name of Centre | Potato purchased (in qtl.) |
Sonitpur DRMC | Gingia | 10,940.25 |
Baharihat RMC | Mandia | 4,515.50 |
Howly RMC | Mandia | 1,567.80 |
Total | 17,023.55 |
(as on April, 2017)
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Updated as on: 03, October-2017