Tag: Paddy Procurement

Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha government has directed the district authorities to be proactive in assisting farmers for the ongoing Rabi season and start making preparations for Kharif crops after relaxations were announced for the agriculture sector amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The state government has already appointed 30 senior officers to monitor agriculture and related activities in […]

Bhubaneswar: Food, Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department Secretary, Vir Vikram Yadav on Wednesday wrote letter to all district collectors for starting farmers’ registration process to ensure procurement of paddy (kharif crop) for the upcoming Kharif marketing season 2020-21. Online registration is mandatory for the farmers in their nearest PACS, LAMPCS, WSHG and Pani Panchayats to […]

New Delhi: With the arrival of the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS), the gvernment continues to procure Kharif crops at MSP from the farmers as per its existing MSP schemes, like in the previous seasons. In the procuring States, purchase of 32,12,439 MT of paddy has taken place up to October 9 from over 2.83 lakh […]

New Delhi: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution claimed that the Paddy procurement in current season has exceeded by 22.43 per cent as compared to the previous season and the Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops on MSP from the farmers. The ministry in a statement said Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 14.97 lakh farmers have registered themselves with the government to sell their paddy under this year’s kharif season procurement process which is set to begin in the State from November 1. Nearly three lakh additional farmers have registered themselves this year as against the total registration of 12.35 lakh farmers in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Standing Committee-IX of the Odisha Assembly on Monday submitted three proposals to the State government, including seven years jail term for those procuring paddy from farmers below the fixed Minimum Support Price (MSP). A meeting of the Standing Committee-IX headed by Narasingha Mishra was held today and reportedly discussed on several issues pertaining […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet on Thursday approved Supplementary Budget of a whopping Rs 11,200 crore which will be tabled on the first day of the upcoming Winter Session of the Odisha Assembly. The Cabinet meeting, which gave its nod to as many as 18 proposals, was chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Loan To GRIDCO […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid allegations of delay in the distribution of tokens to farmers as the kharif paddy procurement in Odisha began two days ago, the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Singh on Monday claimed that the process is going on smoothly. “Those farmers who have registered themselves online are being provided the tokens […]

Bhubaneswar:The Odisha government has asked collectors of eight inter-state border districts to prevent entry of paddy from Chhattishgarh so that the MSP does not go to unauthorised persons, officials said on Monday. The eight districts whose collectors have been put on alert are Bargarh, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Jharsuguda, Sundergarh and Nabarangpur, the officials said. […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid alleged irregularities in the distribution of tokens to farmers for the procurement of Kharif paddy, State Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain on Sunday informed about the engagement of senior-level officials in several districts to ensure hassle-free paddy procurement in the current Kharif marketing season. The minister stated that 12 […]

Koraput: At a time when the Odisha government is coming up with a series of initiatives for smooth paddy procurement in the State, allegations about irregularities in the farmers’ registration for the process have cropped up at several mandis in Kusumi and Kotpad blocks here in the district. Many farmers of these blocks have alleged […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid countrywide outrage of farmers over the new farm laws, farmers from different districts of western Odisha on Saturday launched protests over alleged flawed paddy procurement process. They demanded reforms in token system introduced in the procurement of paddy and protested cap on paddy procurement from irrigated and non-irrigated land. Hundreds of farmers assembled […]

Koraput: Already in distress due to alleged ‘Katni Chatni’ and issues with Minimum Support Price (MSP), the farmers have now launched protests alleging irregularities in paddy procurement citing that they are deprived of registration. Many farmers from Bisinghpur panchayat under Borigumma block of Koraput district alleged that they have been left out of registration with […]

Malkangiri: Following allegation of massive irregularities in the on-going paddy procurement process in the State, members of BJP’s farmer wing (Krushak Morcha) led by MLA Aditya Madhi paid surprise visits at different mandis in the district on Monday to take stock of the situation. Voicing their concern over the alleged discrepancies in the procurement of […]

Sambalpur: The Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to launch a massive protest over alleged flaws in the paddy procurement system in the State and gherao the office of the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Northern Range) here on January 21. “Farmers, party workers and leaders from 37 legislative and five parliamentary constituencies will […]