Under the ongoing food grain procurement programme, the government is buying only 1.5 lakh tonnes of paddy from farmers, which makes up less than one percent of the total estimated production of around 1.96 crore tonnes this boro season. Under the same scheme, the government is purchasing 11.5 lakh tonnes of rice (equivalent to about 20 tonnes of paddy) from millers. Although the primary goal of the procurement programme is to give “price support” to farmers, it is not benefitting them much.