Tag: Paddy Procurement

Malkangiri/Bhadrak: Farmers of Malkangiri and Bhadrak have been crying foul as paddy has remained unsold in various mandis of the districts. Reports say, in 62 mandis across Odisha, 3,46,264 bags of paddy are lying unsold. Even after 2 months since the beginning of procurement process in Malkangiri, multiple gunny bags filled with paddy are lying […]

Balasore: With public wrath growing over lapses in paddy procurement, farmers of Bahanaga block in Balasore district today locked up the gates of Alada Service Cooperative Society and tied up its president to a tree. According to the farmers, the cooperative society was supposed to procure around 18,000 quintals of paddy but only 4,000 quintals […]

Malkangiri: Alleging lapses in paddy procurement in the district, Congress workers under the leadership of senior party leader Pradeep Majhi today staged a protest in front of the district Collector’s office. As per reports, the activists staged demonstration by keeping sacks of paddy on the road. The protestors alleged that despite having been opened for […]

Bhubaneswar: While on one hand huge quantities of paddy are lying in the open at various mandis across the State due to alleged lapses, the State government’s decision to close the paddy procurement process for Kharif season two months in advance has drawn sharp criticisms. As per information, the Food and Supplies department has decided […]

Bhadrak: Farmers registered under Panchutikri society of Chandbali block in Bhadrak district today launched a protest alleging irregularities in paddy procurement. According to reports, 383 farmers had registered under the society through online registration. It is alleged, while the society was stipulated to procure 27,500 quintal paddy, the procurement has been stopped by the society […]

Bhubaneswar: After all-time high paddy procurement during the Kharif season, Odisha Government has now set a target to procure 11 lakh MT of paddy during the current Rabi season. After a review meeting of Paddy Procurement Committee, Chief Secretary AP Padhi on Saturday directed the concerned officials to undertake the procurement in phased manner. He […]

Bargarh: Hundreds of farmers in Bargarh district are now a worried lot over non-completion of paddy procurement process for the rabi season. Besides, quintals of paddy stock at several market yards in Atabira, Bargarh, Padampur have been reportedly damaged in the monsoon rain in several parts of the State in the past couple of days. […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging distress sale of paddy and failure of Odisha government in procurement,Opposition parties including BJP and Congress today turned the heat on ruling-BJD in the State Assembly. While raising the issue during adjournment motion, BJP MLAs Bishnu Sethi and Jayanarayan Mishra claimed that paddy from Bhadrak and Balasore districts is being sent to West […]

Bhubaneswar: Compared to an estimated cost of production of paddy at Rs 2,403 a quintal in Odisha, farmers in the state lose Rs 588 per quintal when they sell their produce to the government at the Minimum Support Price (MSP). This was evident from the statement of Odisha’s agriculture minister Arun Kumar Sahoo in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Minister of Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Ranendra Pratap Swain, on Wednesday expressed assurance that the paddy procurement centres in Odisha are operating according to the guidelines and instructions laid down by his department. Answering to Opposition’s questions on paddy procurement issues in the State, the minister confidently said that with the arrangements done […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has involved Women Self Help Groups (WSHG) under Mission Shakti in procurement of paddy in Kalahandi district, an official said on Wednesday. This is for the first time that WSHGs are being engaged in paddy procurement. This project has been successfully piloted in Kalahandi district involving 17 WSHGs in 17 gram […]

Koraput: Farmers in Koraput district are up in arms against state government’s proposal to engage women self-help groups (SHGs) to procure paddy during the Kharif Marketing Season beginning November. Alleging that women SHGs lack infrastructure and do not have experience for the job, the farmers in the district demanded that the crop should be procured […]

Bhubaneswar: The Kharif paddy procurement will start from November 1 across Odisha, informed Food Supplies and Cooperation Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain on Wednesday. Speaking to the media persons, Swain informed that a total of 11.56 lakh farmers have registered themselves to take part in the Paddy Procurement Automation System (P-PAS) to sell paddy during the Kharif […]

Sambalpur/ Bargarh: Intensifying agitation against the introduction of centralised token system for procurement of paddy in the current kharif season, hundreds of irate farmers in Bargarh barged into the Collectorate and locked the main gate demanding intervention of the Collector. Following a discussion with the leaders of the farming community, the Collector said that the […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing protest by the farmers in western Odisha, Supplies Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain today blatantly said that the State government will not withdraw the token system in paddy procurement irrespective of the farmers’ agitation. ‘Ae system thila, rahichi aau rahiba’ (this system was, is and will be there) and there is no […]