Under Kharif Marketing Year 2025-26, the purchase of ‘Shree Anna’ (coarse grains/millets) kicked off in Uttar Pradesh today.
This procurement will continue till December 31, 2025.
For the purchase of maize, millet, and sorghum included in ‘coarse grains’ category, registration and renewal of farmers are ongoing.
According to the UP Food and Civil Supplies department, farmers must register or renew their details on fcs.up.gov.in or the UP KISAN MITRA app, to avail the facility.
The purchases will be made only from registered farmers.
The government has set the Minimum Support Price (MSP) at Rs 3,749 per quintal for sorghum (Maldandi), Rs 3,699 for sorghum (Hybrid), Rs 2,775 for millet, and Rs 2,400 for maize.
The Yogi Adityanath government has directed that farmers must receive payment within 48 hours.
The state has activated toll-free number 18001800150 for farmers to get any assistance.
The payments will be credited directly to farmers’ Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.
To prevent middlemen and maintain transparency, procurement of coarse grains at purchase centres will continue through e-POP (electronic point of purchase) devices, with biometric verification of farmers as before.
Maize purchase will take place in 25 districts: Badaun, Bulandshahr, Hardoi, Unnao, Mainpuri, Agra, Firozabad, Aligarh, Etah, Kasganj, Hathras, Kanpur Nagar-Dehat, Kannauj, Auraiya, Etawah, Bahraich, Gonda, Ballia, Jaunpur, Farrukhabad, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Deoria, and Lalitpur.
Millet purchase will take place in 33 districts, including: Badaun, Bulandshahr, Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Mainpuri, Aligarh, Kasganj, Hathras, Etah, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Kanpur Nagar-Dehat, Farrukhabad, Auraiya, Kannauj, Etawah, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Mirzapur, Ballia, Hardoi, and Unnao.
Sorghum purchase will take place in Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Kanpur Nagar-Dehat, Fatehpur, Unnao, Hardoi, Mirzapur, and Jalaun.