Tag: Paddy Procurement

  • One lakh, 26 thousand 501 farmers, 5 lakh farmers, 87 thousand 608 metric tons of paddy

    Records of 05 lakh 87 thousand 608 metric tonnes of paddy were purchased on support price in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21 in the district. As compared to last year, 11 thousand 965 more farmers have sold paddy. Under the guidance of Collector Shri Shiv Anant Tayal, proper arrangements were made to procure paddy in the district on support price. Nodal officers were appointed in each of the centers. Through whom monitoring work was being done daily. Food official said that in the district, a record 587608 metric tonnes of paddy was procured from 130180 farmers registered in this kharif season. While 526315 metric tonnes of paddy was procured from 111069 farmers on support price last year. Thus, 61293 metric tonnes of paddy was purchased in comparison to last year. It is a sign of a happy future for the agricultural farming growing in the agrarian Chhattisgarh state. Due to the farmer friendly policies of the state government, the area of ​​registration of paddy cultivation and the number of registered farmers has increased. Farming in the state got a support. People who have left agriculture are again getting attracted towards agricultural work.

    Food official said that Rs.1015 crore 11 lakh has been paid to farmers in the district so far. He informed that in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21, 128799 hectares of paddy land had been registered in the district for the procurement of paddy at the support price. Nodal officer of District Cooperative Central Bank Maryadit Shri RK Vare said that online payment has been arranged in farmers’ account through 18 bank branches of the district. Farmers are withdrawing funds at their convenience.
    District Cooperative Bank has 18 branches in the district – District Cooperative Central Bank operates 18 branches in Bemetara district, through which farmers have been transferred the amount of paddy procurement to their bank account. These branches include Bemetara, Jevra, Balasamund, Beard, Saja, Devkar, Berla, Dewarbija, Parpodi, Nawagarh, Nandghat, Sambalpur, Maro, Thelka, Thankhamharia, Bimbhori, Khandasra and Kehanka (Chechanmetta).

  • School Education and Cooperation Minister Dr. Tekam took review meeting regarding procurement of paddy of all districts of Surguja Division

    Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development, Backward Classes and Minorities Development, Department of School Education and Cooperation, Minister Dr. Premasai Singh Tekam, by S.E.C.L. Review meeting regarding procurement of paddy in the districts of Surguja division in the Kharif marketing year 2020-2021 in the meeting hall of Rest House Bhatgaon.
    School Education and Cooperation Minister, Dr. Premasay Singh Tekam, in the meeting, said that in the meeting, in the Kharif marketing year 2020-2021, procurement of paddy in the district, centrally purchased paddy, information of balance for paddy uptake, percentage of paddy uptake, date fixed as per paddy purchase policy Task plan for lifting of paddy from the committees, number of total paddy procurement centers in the district, number of paddy procurement centers in excess of buffer limit, information on stored quantity and percentage and action plan for pickup, paddy storage and security expenditure and relevant expenditure Committee-wise information of payment and use to the committees of the amount received in the committee, committee-wise information of supervision made by the bank in lieu of the amount received in the supervision of paddy purchase, in the committee account of commission received by the committees in the Kharif marketing year 2019-20 Information about transfer, committee-wise information of adjustment, disbursement of paddy stored in the bank branches, committee-wise and kharif marketing year 2019-20 of the amount paid to farmers after paddy purchase.

    Minister Dr. Premasai Singh Tekam Department of Cooperation reviewed all the district level officers of Sarguja Division, Deputy Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, DMO, CEO and Nodal Officer, District Cooperative Central Bank, Surappur and reviewed the purchase of paddy in the districts of the entire division. Have given necessary instructions. In which he gave instructions to the District Marketing Officer present to open the early collection center in view of the lowest paddy uptake in the district of the division and to take up the paddy quickly through the millers so that there is paddy uptake in the committees and the condition of shortage Not built. He instructed to take up paddy on priority basis especially from new paddy procurement centers where platforms have not been built. He instructed all DMOs to ensure early paddy harvesting from the paddy stocked societies more than the buffer limit and said that there should not be any delay in paddy picking. New cooperative societies have been created by the government with the objective of facilitating the farmers, its share holders remain farmers, so in any case, the societies should not be harmed in the purchase of paddy. Supervising the officers of the present bank instructed to make arrangements for paddy purchase and offtake and they took information about the payment made in the paddy purchase to the farmers so far and instructed the bank officials to ensure timely payment of paddy to the farmers. . He instructed the bank officials to take good care of the supervision fees received by the bank in the paddy purchase. Minister Dr. Tekam instructed the bank to transfer the amount of security and mandi labor charge received by the government in time to the committees. At the end of the meeting, he said that all DMOs, Cooperative Bank Officers Chhattisgarh. The officers of the societies registered and governed under the Co-operative Societies Act are employees, so work closely for the interests of farmers by co-ordinating with the officers of the Cooperative Department so that co-operatives do not suffer economic losses.

  • MP govt procures record 37.26 lakh MT paddy on support price

    Express News Service
    BHOPAL: The BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh has now reported a record purchase of 37.26 lakh metric ton (MT) paddy on support price from farmers.

    Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while reviewing paddy procurement work on support price, said that Rs 5,000 crores have already been paid to paddy farmers against the procurement of their produce on support price and 90% paddy has already been transported.

    He instructed the officials concerned to make the remaining payment of farmers and complete the transportation of the remaining paddy at the earliest. Further, he directed to complete the milling work of the purchased paddy as soon as possible.

    Chouhan said there was excess paddy purchase in all the districts on support price except Vidisha compared to last year. Districts with the maximum procurement compared to last year include Hoshangabad, Raisen, and Sehore with 217%, 310%, and 321% purchase respectively. A total of 25.85 lakh MT of paddy was purchased in the state in 2019-20 and 21.96 lakh MT in 2018-19.

    Further, a total of 2,24,919 lakh MT of jowar and millet have been purchased at support price this year. In all, 6,491 farmers have sold jowar and 35,926 farmers have sold millet at the support price. The total purchase amount is Rs 497 crore, against which a payment of Rs 496 crore has been made to the farmers.

    For the first time, the government has made a policy of milling during paddy procurement. During the procurement, 60,997 MT paddy was taken by the millers. A maximum of 37,800 MT was done was taken by millers in the Jabalpur district. Instructions have been given for milling of the entire paddy purchased before the rainy season.

    The CM further informed that the registration work for procurement on support price in Rabi season will be done from January 25 to February 20. For this, a total of 4529 registration centres have been set up in the state, compared to 2991 registration centres set up last year.

    The CM also informed that a new system is being put in place for the registration of sublets/ sharecroppers in Rabi season this year. Under this, registration will be made for purchase on support price for a contracted area up to five hectares.

  • Durg District Congress Committee raises paddy procurement issue

    While commenting on allegations made by several noted BJP leaders in State over paddy procurement and its storage, the In-charge of Durg District Congress Committee, Lalji Chandrawanshi has replied, “the Baghel-led State Government is purchasing paddy and grains at the prescribed support price by the farmers, but the Central Government is throwing hurdles in smooth conduct of purchasing and storage of paddy” during a press meet organised here on Wednesday at Supela Bhilai. On the occasion, the office-bearers of District Congress Committee also denounced the three new Farmer’s Bill, recently passed by the central government. Also present in the press meet were President of the committee, Tulsi Sahu, Former State Minister, BD Qureshi, Brijmohan Singh, Arun Sisodiya, Neeta Lodhi, R S Sharma, Irfan Khan, Mahesh Jaiswal, Atul Chand, Y K Singh, Nilesh Choubey, Ranjan Akil, Rajesh Gupta, Nandkumar Kashyap, Tulsi Patel and others.