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From 20th & 22nd November procurement starts from Bargarh & Sambalpur
Bhubaneswar : Under the chairmanship of the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment and Energy Shri Kanak Bardhan Singhdeo, a inter -ministerial review meeting was held today at Lok Seva Bhawan regarding the paddy procurement for the Kharif season this year. Preparations for Paddy procurement have reached the final stage.
Dy CM Sh Singhdeo emphasized on expediting the process of paddy procurement as the dates approaching and stopping all kinds of irregularities, brokering, katni chhatni and providing fair price to the farmers for their crops. The paddy procurement will start from Bargarh and Sambalpur from 20th and 22nd of this month.
800 rupees per quintal additional input assistance with the minimum support price for paddy has been provided for the first time. Its disbursement will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister from Sohela of Bargarh district on the 8th December. All the farmers who have sold paddy in the mandies till December 7th will get 800 rupees per quintal at one go.
Automatic grain analyzer will be used for grain quality testing. These automatic grain analyzer machines have already been provided for installation in 200 large PPCs with a paddy collection capacity of more than 4000 metric tons. Moisture testing machine has also been arranged along with it.
Dy CM Shri Singhdeo advised the millers to be present in the mandi to stop the Katni Chhatni. Each district will have a control room system for the convenience of farmers. The entire process will be done transparently. For this, nodal officer, supervisor has been appointed at Mandi.
Minister of Food Supply & Consumer Affairs Shri Krushna Chandra Patro, Minister of Cooperation Shri Pradip Bal Samant, Principal Secretary Shri Sanjay kumar Singh, Commissioner cum Secretary Shri Rajesh Pravakar Patil were present in the high level
