Chhattisgarh to pay ₹13,839 per acre in paddy assistance even when farmers sell below procurement limit

Paddy procurement in Balod district, Chhattisgarh, in November 2025. File photo:

Eligible growers who sell less than 21 quintals per acre can receive the full input assistance on their verified paddy acreage under the Krishak Unnati Yojana for 2026–27.

Key Highlights

• Chhattisgarh has fixed paddy input assistance at ₹13,839 per verified acre for the 2026–27 kharif marketing season.
• An eligible farmer who sells 15 quintals from one verified acre can still receive the full ₹13,839. The minimum support price is paid on the quantity procured.
• AgriStack registration and acreage verification are required. The assistance will be paid in one instalment into Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.

Raipur: The Vishnu Deo Sai government has revised the rules for paddy input assistance in Chhattisgarh, allowing eligible farmers to receive ₹13,839 per acre even if they sell less than the procurement ceiling of 21 quintals per acre. The revised guidelines, issued on 12 November 2026, tie the amount payable under the Krishak Unnati Yojana to the verified area sown with paddy. The rules apply across the state for the 2026–27 kharif marketing season.s

What the change means for farmers

A farmer who grows paddy on one verified acre and sells 15 quintals through the government procurement system can receive the same ₹13,839 in input assistance as an eligible farmer who sells the full 21 quintals from one verified acre. The two farmers’ procurement receipts will differ because the minimum support price, or MSP, is paid on the quantity actually purchased. The new calculation matters to growers who bring less paddy to a procurement centre because their harvest is smaller or because they retain some grain for household use or seed.

For a farmer selling 15 quintals of common-grade paddy from one verified acre, the MSP payment would be ₹36,615 at ₹2,441 per quintal. The farmer would also qualify for ₹13,839 in state input assistance, taking the two payments to ₹50,454, provided the scheme’s eligibility requirements are met. A farmer with 2.5 verified and eligible acres would qualify for ₹34,597.50 in input assistance alone.

How the state arrived at ₹13,839 per acre

The state used ₹3,100 per quintal as its benchmark and deducted the Centre’s MSP of ₹2,441 per quintal for common-grade paddy. It then multiplied the ₹659 difference by the procurement ceiling of 21 quintals per acre to arrive at ₹13,839. The Centre has set a separate MSP of ₹2,461 per quintal for Grade A paddy. The state’s per-acre assistance formula uses the common-grade MSP.

The 21-quintal figure therefore serves two purposes. It caps how much paddy the procurement system can buy per acre, and it is the multiplier used to set the state’s per-acre assistance rate. Under the revised guidelines, an eligible farmer can receive that rate on the full verified paddy acreage after selling a smaller quantity. s

Who qualifies and how payment will be made

Farmers seeking assistance must be registered for paddy sales in the 2026–27 season and enrolled in AgriStack. They must submit the prescribed application when obtaining a token to sell their paddy. The Digital Crop Survey will be used to verify the area planted. Where survey data are unavailable, the district collector may allow verification through girdawari, the official field record of crops sown.

The scheme covers eligible growers who sell paddy through cooperative procurement channels and eligible certified seed growers who sell to the Chhattisgarh State Seed and Agriculture Development Corporation. Markfed will handle payments to paddy sellers, while the seed corporation will handle payments to eligible seed growers. The money will be deposited in a single instalment through direct benefit transfer into farmers’ Aadhaar-linked bank accounts. Payments are subject to agricultural land ceiling provisions. Summer paddy falls outside these kharif guidelines.

Procurement scheduled to begin on 15 November

The revised assistance rules come ahead of the state’s scheduled procurement opening on 15 November. The Cabinet approved arrangements covering more than 27.50 lakh farmers and expanded the procurement network by 360 centres, taking the total to 3,100. Digital crop records and biometric authentication will be used during procurement.