Tag: Paddy Procurement

Bhubaneswar: Amid the allegations of discrepancies in paddy procurement in the State, Odisha BJP on Monday alleged that the ruling-BJD has failed to utilise Central funds entitled for the development of mandis. “Centre has sanctioned thousands of crores of rupees for the development of mandi infrastructure in the State, but the funds are lying unused,” […]

Bhubaneswar: For the whole year they did all the hard work that was essential for a decent produce, but to trade the same they are allegedly subjected to mental torture. Distressing scenes have come to the fore from across Odisha, where farmers are spending sleepless nights in chilly winter to protect their paddy allegedly due […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has urged the Centre to release for early release of the pending subsidy of Rs 6,039 crore to complete the paddy procurement process in the state. State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain, in a letter to Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal, said […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday lashed out at the Odisha government while accusing the ruling-BJD of being insensitive to the problems of farmers in regards to the paddy procurement in the State. Addressing a presser, State BJP general secretary Lekhashree Samantsinghar said farmers are facing a lot of problems during the paddy […]

Bhubaneswar: After cracking whip on unruly government officials, the Odisha Supplies and Cooperative Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain on Thursday suspended 15 cooperative society secretaries and dismissed a data entry operator. As per reports, the suspended secretaries belonged to Nuamura Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS), Dhama PACS, Charamala PACS, Sahaspur PACS, Samarbag PACS and Lakhanpur PACS […]

Sambalpur: The politics over paddy procurement in Odisha intensified on Thursday with the Opposition BJP leaders taking to night-long protest in front of the Town Police Station in Sambalpur. The party intensified its protest after organising a protest of thousands of farmers in the state’s western town while accusing the BJD government of inaction over […]

Sambalpur: The protest of the Odisha BJP over alleged irregularities in paddy procurement has further intensified with the leaders of the saffron party issuing an ultimatum to the state government to lift all the paddy stocks lying at different market yards within the next 72 hours. Alleging apathy of the government towards the farmers, State […]

Bhubaneswar: The recent acknowledgement of various flaws in the paddy procurement by a former MP of the ruling-BJD seems to have added fuel to the ongoing protest of the farmers, sending the Odisha government into a tizzy. Recently, former BJD MP Kalikesh Singh Deo reportedly admitted mismanagement in the paddy procurement and wrote to the […]

Balasore: Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Monday paid a surprise visit to a paddy procurement centre at Olanda Saragaan under Sadar block in the district and reprimanded the co-operative society secretary over the alleged irregularities in paddy procurement. Sarangi expressed displeasure and lost his cool after the secretary, Surendra Samantray failed to give satisfactory answers […]

Bhubaneswar: With the BJP’s 72-hour ultimatum over alleged irregularities in paddy procurement coming to an end, the saffron party on Monday announced to hold mass agitations in front of the collector and sub-collector offices at five Parliamentary constituencies of western Odisha and Boudh district on January 29. The decision was taken in a meeting of […]

Bhubaneswar: Issues of token mismanagement, paddy procurement delay and mandi misrule have set political stage between the Odisha BJP and the ruling BJD on fire once again. Odisha Food and Supplies Minister Ranendra Swain on Wednesday claimed that paddy procurement continues to sail in the State smoothly and refused to accept widespread allegations on setbacks […]

Sundargarh: State Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister and BJD MLA Pratap Jena on Thursday assured the agitating farmers of Sundargarh that the concerned department will soon take steps to resolve the issues regarding the procurement of paddy crops in the district. Minister Pratap Jena was in a three-day tour to the district ahead of […]

Bhubaneswar: The second day of the ongoing Odisha Assembly session witnessed pandemonium again after the members of opposition BJP and Congress created ruckus over the farmers’ issue on Friday. Following the uproar, Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro adjourned the proceedings till 11.30 am and later till 4 pm. As soon as the House assembled for question […]

Bhadrak: A farmer fell seriously ill after consuming poison in a bid to commit suicide due to non-procurement of his paddy by the Self Help Group at Bandha Gaan panchayat in the district on Saturday. Ramakrushna Panda, a farmer of Panchapada under Bandha Gaan Gramp Panchayat had been issued token to sell his paddy. He […]

New Delhi: Paddy procurement has registered an increase of 16.37 per cent against the last year’s corresponding purchase of 570.30 LMT and paddy procurement for kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in Punjab, Haryana, UP, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Karnataka, […]