{"id":21258,"date":"2025-07-18T21:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiannewsservice.in\/en\/?p=21258"},"modified":"2025-07-19T06:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T00:56:00","slug":"double-engine-govt-committed-to-farmers-prosperity-rice-procurement-target-raised-by-8-lakh-metric-tonnes-for-central-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiannewsservice.in\/en\/double-engine-govt-committed-to-farmers-prosperity-rice-procurement-target-raised-by-8-lakh-metric-tonnes-for-central-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Engine Govt Committed to Farmers\u2019 Prosperity: Rice Procurement Target Raised by 8 Lakh Metric Tonnes for Central Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raipur, July 18<\/p>\n<p>In a significant pro-farmer move, the Central Government has increased the rice procurement target for the Central Pool under the Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25 from 70 lakh metric tonnes to 78 lakh metric tonnes. This decision strengthens the hard work and trust of lakhs of farmers across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Pralhad Joshi for this key decision. He said that the Double Engine Government is firmly committed to the prosperity of the state&#8217;s food growers.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on social media platform &#8216;X&#8217;, Chief Minister Sai said, \u201cIt is a matter of great joy for Chhattisgarh that the honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi\u2019s farmer-first government has approved the increase in rice procurement target for the Central Pool from 70 lakh metric tonnes to 78 lakh metric tonnes for the Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25. This approval has been made possible due to the continued efforts of our government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Minister added that this decision will further strengthen the economic condition of Chhattisgarh\u2019s farmers and will inject new energy into the state\u2019s agri-based economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raipur, July 18 In a significant pro-farmer move, the Central Government has increased the rice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cg","category-others"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Double Engine Govt Committed to Farmers\u2019 Prosperity: Rice Procurement Target Raised by 8 Lakh Metric Tonnes for Central Pool - 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