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Time of India
28-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Koraput admn to open mandis for paddy procurement soon
1 2 3 4 Koraput: The Koraput administration is planning to make mandis operational within the next two to three days, provided weather conditions remain favourable, for procurement of paddy, officials said. Earlier it had decided to open the paddy procurement centres (mandis) for the rabi marketing season (RMS)-2024 from May 25. This time, procurement is being done at the state level and millers from outside the district are also participating in the process. "All necessary infrastructures have been put in place, and we expect to open mandis in the next few days," said Koraput collector Keerthi Vasan V. "At least 35 millers from Kalahandi district have expressed interest to participate in the procurement process, and more millers from neighbouring districts are likely to join soon," the collector added. Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation (OSCSC) Ltd has arranged custom millers from outside the district to step in after the Koraput District Rice Millers Association cited storage issues and declined to participate in paddy procurement. Association president Tripati Rao stated that godowns are overflowing due to delays in lifting rice procured during the kharif marketing season (KMS) 2024-25. Farmers, concerned by the delay in paddy procurment, have urged the administration to extend mandi operations. "We request the administration to expedite the procurement process. The monsoon has arrived, and it is difficult for farmers to store harvested crops," said Abhinash Padhi, a farmer from Kaliagaon. The district has been given a target to procure 56,644 metric tonnes of paddy. Of the total, 58 mandis are planned for Jeypore sub-division, with the remainder to be established in Koraput sub-division. Koraput's chief civil supplies officer, Pradeep Kumar Panda, assured that all precautionary measures have been taken to prevent inconvenience to farmers. "Mandis will remain open until the target is met," he said. Around 1,69,789 farmers have registered to sell their produce this season. Authorities have instructed them to bring only fair average quality (FAQ) paddy to the procurement centres.
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Millers from other districts to procure paddy in Koraput
1 2 Koraput: To ensure seamless procurement of rabi paddy during the kharif marketing season (KMS) 2024-25, the Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation (OSCSC) Ltd has initiated the deployment of custom millers from other districts to support operations in Koraput. In an official communication addressed to the collectors of Balangir, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Rayagada, OSCSC managing director K Sudarshan Chakravarty emphasised the urgency of cross-district deployment to meet procurement targets in Koraput. The letter calls for a list of eligible custom millers from these districts who can be mobilised to operate in Koraput. These millers will be selected based on several criteria, including shortest distance, track record and milling capacity, as outlined in the operational guidelines of KMS 2024-25, the letter stated. It further cautioned that the engagement of these outside millers must not disrupt procurement activities within their home districts. Chief civil supplies officer (Koraput), Pradeep Kumar Panda, described the measure as a vital step towards strengthening the state's paddy procurement framework. "The strategic move is aimed at enhancing the efficiency and coverage of the state's paddy procurement system, ensuring farmers of the district are not left behind during the critical rabi season," he said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Zumbido e perda de audição? Médico revela técnica caseira de 1 real para aliviar! Zumbido no ouvido Undo The move comes in the wake of the Koraput District Rice Millers Association formally notifying the district administration of their inability to participate in the procurement process due to a lack of storage capacity. Association president Tripati Rao said that godowns are overflowing as the department was yet to receive rice from the previously procured paddy under KMS 2024-25. "Only 10% of the targeted 1,70,659 metric tonnes of rice under custom milling has been received by the department so far. With our storage facilities already full, we are unable to take part in the ongoing procurement," Rao said. However, Panda clarified that the process of receiving rice from millers is ongoing and assured the remaining stock would be collected soon, thereby resolving the storage bottleneck.
New Indian Express
18-05-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Odisha urges Centre to expedite rice evacuation amid record paddy stockpile
BHUBANESWAR: The record procurement of 73.5 lakh tonne paddy during the kharif season has posed a problem of plenty for the state forcing the government to send an SOS to the Centre to evacuate more custom-milled rice from Odisha to the central pool. While the storage capacity of rice millers, registered with the Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation (OSCSC) for milling and delivery of custom-milled rice (CMR) to the state government and Food Corporation of India (FCI), is full to the brim, procurement of rabi paddy from May 15 has added to the woes. Sitting over a stockpile of over 48.5 lakh tonne of paddy (equivalent of 33 lakh tonne rice) after delivery of 16.25 lakh tonne of CMR rice to the state and FCI, the All Odisha Rice Millers Association (AORMA) has taken up the matter with the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare (FS&CW) department to put pressure on FCI to speed up evacuation of rice. Even as FCI has fixed a target to lift 1.7 lakh tonne of CMR rice from the state every month, the central public sector undertaking is evacuating far less due to shortage of storage space in its godowns. The central agency has received 7.76 lakh tonne of CMR rice for kharif 2024-25 season from the state as on May 7, 2025, against the target of 10.20 lakh tonne, sources said.
