Tag: Paddy Procurement

Nuapada: Farmers in Nuapada district have alleged that dilly-dallying of rice millers and lackadaisical attitude of the administration has virtually paralyzed the paddy procurement process in the district. According to sources, the millers are demanding cuts/concessions during procurement citing that paddy do not meet the fair average quality (FAQ) norms. Sources said that tonnes of […]

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: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the Centre to fix the provisional incidental costs at a reasonable level, equivalent to last year, to facilitate smooth paddy procurement in the State. In a letter to Union food and consumer affairs minister Ramvilas Paswan, Patnaik on Friday said, the State has already submitted the accounts […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan targeted the State Government on Wednesday for rejecting the Centre’s offer to relax Fair Average Quality (FAQ) norms for procurement of paddy under Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism. Pradhan took to twitter and stated the decision of Odisha to reject the Centre’s proposal, for relaxation of FAQ norms for paddy […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has raised doubts on the Centre’s decision to relax fair average quality (FAQ) for paddy. At a time when procurement of more than 70% of kharif crops is over, the State has questioned the efficacy of the move. Food Supplies minister Surya Narayan Patro said the State has not been informed […]

Malkangiri: Cracking a whip on rice mills after allegations of illegal paddy procurement, officials of the Civil Supplies department today raided as many as 21 mills in Malkangiri. The raids come after alleged embezzlement of nearly 5 to 7 kg of paddy per quintal at rice mills was reported. As per the instruction of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Food and Civil Supplies department is considering strict action against rice mills in the State who have been evading supply of rice to the government despite accepting paddy from the government procurement, said Minister Surya Narayan Patro today. “A rice mill will be blacklisted if it fails to provide rice within the specified […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government has now come up with an ‘alternative plan’ to ensure the paddy procurement is not affected keeping in view the ongoing strike by the workers of Large Area Multi-Purpose Cooperative Societies (LAMPS) and Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) in the kharif season. As per the new directive issued by Cooperatives Department and […]

Sambalpur: The Supply department officials along with the local Tahasildar raided as many as five rice mills here on Monday and seized over 20,000 bags of paddy. The seizure of paddy in such a quantity has come as a shocker for many as the official paddy procurement is yet to begin in the district. According […]

Bhubaneswar: While farmers in Odisha have already suffered a lot due to drought and pest attack in several places across the State, the latest rain forecast across as many as 17 districts is likely to make the situation worse. Director of regional meteorological centre in Bhubaneswar, Sarat Chandra Sahu informed that Odisha may witness moderate […]

Bhubaneswar: Aadhaar card is not mandatory for registration of farmers to participate in paddy procurement. The Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department has asked in a letter to district collectors to speed up registration of farmers who have been left out due to non-availability of Aadhaar card. The letter mentioned that farmers can register themselves […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking cognizance of the issues faced by farmers due to irregularities in paddy procurement and delay in payment of proceeds, Odisha Food Supplies Minister Surya Narayan Patro today said that the proceeds of paddy sold to the government will be credited to farmers’ bank accounts within 24 hours of procurement. Talking to media after […]

Bhubaneswar: With the paddy procurement process already commencing for this season, the Cooperation department has suspected nearly two lakh farmer’s bank accounts to be fake and directed the district officials to verify these accounts for the benefit of actual farmers. A status of farmer registration and marketable surplus of paddy reveals that in all districts […]

Sambalpur: Kharif paddy procurement from farmers in the state will begin from November 1, informed Food Supplies Minister Surya Narayan Patro today in a meeting organised at the conference hall of Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), Northern Division. The paddy procurement will start from Kalahandi district and later it will be done in Bargarh on November […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will procure 53 lakh quintal of paddy this year informed Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi today. The government has plans to procure 44 lakh quintal paddy during Kharif and 9 lakh quintal paddy during Rabi seasons respectively. “10 lakhs farmers have already been registered under the government’s e-registration system. We have planned to […]