# UP govt raises paddy MSP, starts procurement in eastern districts 2026-11-01T18:57:31+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Paddy procurement in eastern Uttar Pradesh will start on Monday, 2 November 2026, and continue until 28 February 2027. The state government has increased the minimum support price (MSP) to Rs 2,441 per quintal for common paddy and Rs 2,461 per quintal for Grade A. A procurement target of 5.63 lakh metric tonnes has been set for the Prayagraj division, with 2.8 lakh metric tonnes allocated to Prayagraj district, 62,000 to Kaushambi, 1.15 lakh to Fatehpur, and 1.06 lakh to Pratapgarh. Farmers who have completed their registration can now directly proceed to have their paddy weighed, bypassing the earlier mandatory online step. Payments will be credited within 48 hours via the Public Financial Management System (PFMS), down from the previous 3 to 4 day wait. Transportation will use GPS-enabled trucks, and rice sacks will be tracked with QR codes as a pilot project to prevent black marketing. A total of 361 procurement centres have been set up across the division, including 159 in Prayagraj. So far, 4,513 farmers in the division have registered: 1,632 from Prayagraj, 946 from Kaushambi, 1,599 from Fatehpur, and 336 from Pratapgarh. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The UP government has started paddy procurement in eastern UP and raised the minimum support price (MSP) to Rs 2,441 per quintal for common paddy and Rs 2,461 for Grade A. A target of 5.63 lakh metric tonnes has been set for the Prayagraj division, running until 28 February 2027. To improve transparency, payments will be credited within 48 hours via PFMS, GPS tracking is mandatory for transport, and QR codes on rice sacks aim to curb black marketing. Only 4,513 farmers have registered so far across the division, far below the procurement target, leaving the gap between registration and actual output unresolved. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Leads with government action, does not question targets or registration gaps This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: MSP, paddy procurement, PFMS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/up-govt-raises-paddy-msp-starts-procurement-in-eastern-districts/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/up-govt-raises-paddy-msp-starts-procurement-in-eastern-districts/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/