Tag: Paddy Procurement

Farmers, on the other hand, are staying out near the mandi in the extreme cold weather both day and night to guard their crops.

In a jaw-dropping revelation, the satellite survey conducted by the Odisha Space Application Centre (OSAC) has unearthed large-scale irregularities and identified over 26,000 illegal lands in seven districts in the State registered for paddy procurement.

The BJP Lok Sabha Members from Odisha met the Union Minister of Consumers Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal on Wednesday to draw his attention on the alleged scuttling of paddy procurement by the government of Odisha.

After devastation wreaked by the Cyclonic storm Jawad, mandi mismanagement in many districts of Odisha has provided ample opportunity for dalals to rob the farmers of their money hard-earned from harvested crops.

BJD MLA from Kantamal constituency in Boudh district, Mahidhar Rana, today expressed his displeasure at the existing paddy procurement policy of the government.

The standing committee of Odisha Legislative Assembly expressed its concern over paddy procurement centres facing infrastructure shortcomings. 

With the harvest season around the corner, the cunning middlemen in Sambalpur district have reportedly taken advantage of the unpreparedness of the State government and left no stone unturned to continue the irregularities in the Kharif paddy procurement process this year as well

About 49.20 lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs 85,603.57 crore.

Paddy farmers benefitting from MSP in Odisha up by mere 29 percent during the 5-year period. But the same was up by over 296 per cent in Telangana, 188 per cent in Andhra Pradesh and 90 percent in Chhattisgarh from 2015-16 to 2020-21  

Malkangiri: Opposing delay in paddy procurement at different mandis in Malkangiri district, members of the Zilla Adivasi Mahasangh today hit the streets and staged road blockades by placing paddy sacks near ten different mandis across the district. As per the allegations of the Mahasangh, despite tough weather conditions, the farmers have been waiting for millers […]

Bhubaneswar/Bargarh/Balasore: All the promises, planning and preparations by the state government seem to be going up in smoke as allegations of irregularities and lapses have marred the paddy procurement process in the State. Paddy farmers in the State have alleged that while there has been a delay in opening of mandis, rice millers are also […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting the State government over tardy pace of paddy procurement and delay in opening of mandis, Opposition Chief Whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati today threatened that the Congress will take to streets in two days if the government fails to resolve the issue of farmers at the earliest. Bahinipati alleged the paddy procurement process could […]

Jeypore: Farmers in Koraput are a worried lot now over the delay in procurement of paddy at different mandis in the district. They have alleged that the paddy growers are forced to go for distress sale due to a nexus between the millers and procurement agencies. As per their allegations, so far only 243 quintals […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition put the State government on the backfoot on the second day of the winter session when it revealed that crores of rupees were embezzled in paddy sale as middlemen were involved in the paddy procurement. Both Congress and BJP members alleged the State government of exploiting farmers by delaying disbursal of bonus […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Cooperation Minister Surjya Narayan Patro challenged the Opposition to prove allegations that paddy is being procured at prices below the stipulated MSP of Rs 1750 per quintal in mandis across Odisha and said that he will quit politics if the allegations are true. Patro’s comments came during a press conference today where […]