paddy procurement

Bhubaneswar: The second phase of the Odisha Assembly started on a stormy note on Friday with the Opposition creating ruckus over the Mandi mismanagement. The issue of paddy procurement was raised by the Opposition leading to the repeated…

Bhubaneswar: Subash Chandra Panigrahi, the legislator from Deogarh Assembly Constituency, today threatened self-immolation over alleged irregularities in paddy procurement in the State. Raising the mandi mismanagement issue in the House…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday requested the Centre for early release of the pending subsidy of Rs 6,039 crore to complete the paddy procurement process in the state. State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government has set a target to procure 71 lakh metric tonnes (MT) paddy from farmers during 2020-21 Kharif marketing season.  Arrangements will be made for procurement if farmers will have surplus paddy in their stock,…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned multiple times on Monday, as the opposition BJP and the Congress created a ruckus in the House over alleged delay in procurement of paddy by various government-run 'mandi' (markets) in the…

Bhubaneswar: Cutting across party lines, MLAs in the Odisha Assembly on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the "gross mismanagement" in the paddy procurement during the Kharif season. The issue was raised by senior BJD MLA and former…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain has written to Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Minister urging the latter to release subsidy for paddy…

Sambalpur: Scores of farmers today blocked NH-53 near Berehipali  in Odisha's Sambalpur district opposing the centralised token system for paddy procurement. The farmers staged road blockade by parking paddy-laden tractors on the portion…