Tag: Paddy Procurement

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BJD MPs Meet Piyush Goyal, Seek Pending Rice Subsidy Of Rs 6,081 Cr

The MPs submitted a memorandum to the Union Minister and also raised the demand for early evacuation of surplus rice from Odisha and the gunny bags shortage issue. The delegation also apprised Goyal about no lifting of surplus rice by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) from Odisha.

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Demonetisation crisis: Odisha seeks PM’s intervention

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the difficulties in crop loan dispensation, payment of paddy procurement proceeds and day-to-day functioning of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) in the state due to demonetisation, the Odisha government has urged the Prime Minister for his urgent intervention. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, chief minister Naveen Patnaik […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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3.58 lakh tonne paddy procured till now in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has procured paddy to the tune of 3.58 lakh metric tonne from 53,000 farmers of the State, said Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Sanjay Dasburma today. After holding a review meeting with the Food Supplies and Cooperative department officials, Dasburma informed that paddy procurement is underway in 9 districts through […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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DBT for kerosene subsidy across Odisha by Mar 2017

Bhubaneswar: Implementation of direct benefit transfer (DBT) for kerosene subsidy will undertaken in Odisha by Mar 2017, said Food Supplies Secretary Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra today. Talking to newsmen, Mohapatra said, “In the first phase, the DBT for kerosene subsidy will be put into effect in 110 urban local bodies of the State. Later the developed […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Odisha to procure 24.53% paddy from 10 central districts

Cuttack: The Odisha government is targeting to procure 24.53% of Kharif paddy from the 10 districts under the Central revenue division. In a meeting at the Cuttack Collectors office, to make the paddy procurement process more streamlined and transparent, it was noted that till now 3,29,856 farmers have registered themselves to sell paddy. According to […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Farmers unaware of paddy procurement process scheduled to start from Nov

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in Odisha are clueless about the process for kharif paddy procurement which is scheduled to begin from November 1. Hemakant Badhei, farmer leader, Lakhanpur, said, “Awareness should be created among farmers as they don’t know the rule for selling of paddy to the government.” Expressing similar views, Narottam Bangola, a farmer of Nuapada […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Odisha cabinet clears 19 proposals

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha cabinet approved as many as 19 proposals at a meeting held on Thursday evening. The cabinet meeting which was chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the Food and Procurement Policy for Kharif Marketing Season 2016-17. In the policy, the state government has set a tentative target of collecting 30 lakh metric […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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BJP demands CBI probe into ‘faulty’ paddy procurement

Bargarh: A day after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report picked up loopholes in paddy procurement by Odisha government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded a CBI probe into the matter in Bargarh on Tuesday. Blaming the State government for its ‘anti-farmer’ policy, the saffron party said the government must pay the farmers their […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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CAG report reveals irregularities in paddy procurement in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the General and Social sector for the year ended 2014-15 revealed irregularities in various departments of the State government. Noting that a robust system for paddy procurement was absent in Odisha, the CAG today said Paddy Procurement Centres (PPC) were not functioning properly due to delay […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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No Rabi paddy procurement after June 30: Minister

Bhubaneswar: The State government has decided to stop paddy procurement for the Rabi season after June 30, Food minister Sanjay Dasburma said here today. Farmers can register themselves for Rabi procurement till June 25. “I request the farming community to register before June 25 if they have surplus paddy to sell. The procurement will continue […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Rabi paddy procurement to begin in May

Bhubaneswar: Paddy procurement for the Rabi season will begin across 19 districts in the second week of May and continue till June 30. The decision was taken at a meeting of the State level paddy procurement committee today. According to sources, the paddy procurement target for the Rabi season has been set at 10.29 lakh […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Paddy farmers finding no takers for Rabi season’s produce

Sonepur: Though Rabi season has passed and cultivation has started for the Kharif season, farmers of Sonepur district are yet to sell off their paddy harvested in the Rabi season. With mill owners showing no interest in procuring paddy, the Rabi season’s produce is lying at the Regulated Marketing Committee (RMC). At a time when […]

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
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Punjab paddy procurement crosses 115 lakh tonne

Chandigarh: Punjab has procured over 115 lakh tonne of paddy this kharif season, food and supplies officials said on Monday. Government agencies and private millers have procured 11,592,262 tonne of paddy in Punjab till Sunday evening.Over 99 per cent of the paddy has been procured by government agencies while the remaining has been procured by private […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Odisha targets 55 lakh tonne paddy procurement during Kharif season

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha cabinet on Monday approved the food and procurement policy for the Kharif marketing season 2018-19 with a target to procure 55 lakh tonnes of paddy from farmers. This will be equivalent to 37 lakh tonnes of rice, Chief Secretary A.P. Padhi said. However, there is no bar on the procurement of a […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Odisha Govt Refuses To Procure Paddy Any More, Downplays BJP Protests

Even as the State BJP is up in the arms over alleged irregularities in the procurement of unsold paddy from the farmers, the Odisha government seems to have robbed salts into the wound by outright refusing to procure the grains for the current season.

  • Saturday, 03 July 2021
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