Bhubaneswar: Inter-Ministerial Committee meeting on paddy procurement for Kharif crops 2025-26 was held, here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo.
Minister, Revenue & Disaster Management Suresh Pujari, Minister, Food Supplies & Consumer Awareness Krushna Chandra Patra, Minister, Commerce & Transport, Bibhuti Bhusan Jena, Minister, Cooperation, Pradeep Bal Samanta were also present during the meeting.
As per the data, in the year 2023-24, 73 Lakh MT paddy procurement has been done. In the year 2024-25, the total of 92 LMT has been procured and 2.26 lakh tokens revalidated last year.
Odisha is one of the top states, where farmers get the fastest payment, within 48 hours. It is decided that, only Miller’s with no outstanding dues, will be eligible to participate. 100% satellite verification across all the 30 districts is going on. As non-paddy cultivators are not allowed for paddy selling through registration, if found, such persons will be black listed.
Arrangements have been made at all the mandis, for any grievance redressal or support farmers can call to the toll free no.-1967. To conduct & coordinate a smooth management at ground level operational provisions has been made accordingly. A total of 3570 active PCCs have been prepared to make the procurement process more smoother.
Principal Secretaries from departments of Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Finance, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Cooperation, were also present.
