Keralam Kerala Agriculture Agriculture & Rural Schemes & Welfare

Kerala reopens farmer registration for first-crop paddy procurement for seven working days

12 November 2026

Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob has extended the farmer registration window for the decentralised paddy procurement scheme for the 2026-27 first crop, known as virippu. Farmers can apply for seven working days from 13 November. The original window ran from 15 August to 30 September, and many farmers said they could not register inside it. Supplyco had asked every farmer who would harvest and sell paddy by 31 December 2026 to complete registration within the original window. The extension came after farmers submitted a petition to the Minister. Registration is what allows a farmer's paddy to be bought at the support price and the payment to be processed.

New registration window: Seven working days from 13 November Original window: 15 August to 30 September

Why it matters for exams: Supplyco and the decentralised paddy procurement scheme recur in Kerala PSC economy and agriculture questions, and the Food and Civil Supplies portfolio is a standard polity question.

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12 November 2026 Source: Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala

In plain words

Supplyco Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation — The state-owned company that runs ration and subsidised retail outlets and buys paddy from farmers.

Virippu First paddy crop of the Kerala season — The monsoon-sown first crop, harvested before the winter puncha crop.