The government of Chhattisgarh has announced huge reliefs for the farmer community ahead of paddy procurement for Kharif marketing year 2026-27. Under the Krishak Unnati Yojana, farmers will no longer be mandated to sell the entire eligible amount of paddy (21 quintals) at government rates to be eligible for benefit.
The updated guidelines will allow farmers with reduced yields to receive input support for the portion of crops they should have. This is likely to shield that farmers from losses due to reduced yields and cut down on middlemen’s involvement in the procurement process.
If a farmer is entitled to get 21 quintals / acre as a farmer and he only produced 15 and sold, then farmer is eligible for minimum support price for 15 sold quintals. The input support of the scheme can also be availed by the farmer in exchange for 1 quintal, out of the remaining 6 quintals.
So, farmers who had less production had to buy extra paddy for prescribed limit from the market, it was reported earlier last year. That frequently enabled middlemen and brokers to profit from the system.
The minimum support price set by the Centre has been increased to ₹2,441 per quintal of the common paddy in the 2026-27 season, and to ₹2,461 per quintal of the grade-A paddy. The Chhattisgarh government is supposed to provide supplementary input assistance in Krishak Unnati Yojna, making it ₹3,100 per quintal.
The state has also streamlined the registration process and opened 360 new procurement centres, upto 3100 procurement centre in Chhattisgarh.