Tag: Kharif Paddy

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha has registered a significant fall in paddy procurement from 44 lakh metric ton paddy last year to only 37 lakh metric ton paddy this year. Of 11 lakh registered farmers, around 4 lakh farmers in the state  are yet to sell their Kharif paddy crop leading to a reduced crop procurement this season. […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of rampant theft of public distribution system (PDS) items, the Odisha government has decided to install Global Positioning System (GPS) in each vehicle carrying these items from the depot. A decision to this effect was taken at a review meeting of the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department presided over by Principal […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in Odisha are clueless about the process for kharif paddy procurement which is scheduled to begin from November 1. Hemakant Badhei, farmer leader, Lakhanpur, said, “Awareness should be created among farmers as they don’t know the rule for selling of paddy to the government.” Expressing similar views, Narottam Bangola, a farmer of Nuapada […]

Jeypore: Worried over the long delay in procurement of paddy at different mandis in Koraput, farmers today resorted to protest against the concerned authorities in several panchayats of the district. Alleging irregularities in Kharif paddy procurement, hundreds of farmers today hit streets in as many as 17 panchayats of Borigumma block. Similarly, farmers along with […]