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  • Kharif Crop Sowing Is Up By 1.5 Per Cent At 1104.63 Lakh Hectares | Economy News

    New Delhi: India’s Kharif crop sowing has progressed significantly, with farmers planting crops across 1,104.63 lakh hectares so far, compared to 1,088.26 lakh hectares last year, marking a 1.5 per cent year-on-year increase.

    This surpasses the average area under cultivation (or normal area) for the period from 2018-19 to 2022-23.Commodity-wise, the sowing of paddy, pulses, oilseeds, millets, and sugarcane has increased year-on-year, while sowing for cotton and jute/mesta has been lower.

    Data showed that within the pulse basket, aside from urad bean, crops such as arhar, moong, kulthi, and moth bean have seen positive growth. India is a major consumer and producer of pulses, supplementing its domestic consumption with imports. The primary pulses consumed in India include chana, masur, urad, kabuli chana, and tur.

    The government has been strongly promoting the cultivation of pulses.In the 2023 Kharif season, the total area under cultivation across the country was 1,107.15 lakh hectares. The normal Kharif area between 2018-19 and 2022-23 is 1,096 lakh hectares.India has three cropping seasons: Summer, Kharif, and Rabi.

    Kharif crops, sown during June-July and dependent on monsoon rains, are harvested in October-November. Rabi crops, sown in October-November, are harvested from January, depending on their maturity. Summer crops are produced between the Rabi and Kharif seasons.Traditionally, Indian agriculture, especially the Kharif season, is heavily reliant on monsoon rainfall.

    The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), in its first long-range forecast, predicted that the southwest monsoon (June–September) this year would be above normal. Skymet, a private forecaster, also predicted a normal monsoon.

    IMD recently stated that the rainfall across the country during September 2024 is expected to be above normal, at 109 per cent of the Long Period Average.Above-normal monsoon rains, which have helped farmers sow more crops this Kharif season, bode well for agriculture. and are likely to improve the sector’s gross value added (GVA), according to rating agency ICRA.

  • Lakhs of paddy baggage lying unsold, farmers blame purchase methodology

    Express News Service

    BARGARH: Belying the administration’s tall claims of straightforward procurement in Bargarh, lakhs of paddy baggage are however to be lifted from the market yards of Attabira block throughout the district. The delay in procurement is attributed to faulty monitoring practices of the officers concerned. Farmer chief Ramesh Mahapatra acknowledged the officers of Attabira market yards are adopting the fallacious methodology to accumulate paddy. Instead of procuring paddy on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis, the produce is collected chronologically as per the token dates. 

    “If a farmer has a token issued on today’s date, he is being told that his paddy cannot be procured as those with tokens issued on earlier dates are yet to sell their produce. As a result, farmers are being forced to dump their paddy bags in the open at market yards and wait for their turn,” claimed Mahapatra.

    He extra acknowledged even after dumping their produce available on the market yards, farmers are often not constructive if their paddy could be lifted anytime shortly. “They will have to wait till farmers having tokens of previous dates sell their paddy. This is forcing many farmers to sell their paddy directly to the millers.”

    On the other hand, farmers prepared for his or her flip are going via arbitrary deduction of paddy on the pretext of top quality. “The officials are deliberately creating such a situation and forcing the farmers to surrender before the millers,” Mahapatra alleged.

    Sources acknowledged over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira regulated market committee (RMC). In the entire Bargarh district, the utmost procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from the entire Attabira and Bheden blocks. Hence, the procurement course of in Attabira begins spherical each week ahead of in numerous blocks. This 12 months, paddy procurement in Attabira began on May 6. 

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy from the Attabira market yard. Following the protest, the native assistant civil supplies officer (ACSO) held a dialogue with the agitating farmers and assured them of wanted movement. 

    ACSO Dibyasingh Badamali acknowledged every market yard has been given a daily prohibit for procurement. As the entire farmers have harvested their crops, the inflow of paddy to the market yards has elevated not too way back. “We are gradually increasing the procurement limit to clear the unsold paddy,” he added.

    Procurement woes

    Over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira RMC

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy 

    Maximum procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from two blocks.

    BARGARH: Belying the administration’s tall claims of straightforward procurement in Bargarh, lakhs of paddy baggage are however to be lifted from the market yards of Attabira block throughout the district. The delay in procurement is attributed to faulty monitoring practices of the officers concerned. Farmer chief Ramesh Mahapatra acknowledged the officers of Attabira market yards are adopting the fallacious methodology to accumulate paddy. Instead of procuring paddy on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis, the produce is collected chronologically as per the token dates. 

    “If a farmer has a token issued on today’s date, he is being told that his paddy cannot be procured as those with tokens issued on earlier dates are yet to sell their produce. As a result, farmers are being forced to dump their paddy bags in the open at market yards and wait for their turn,” claimed Mahapatra.

    He extra acknowledged even after dumping their produce available on the market yards, farmers are often not constructive if their paddy could be lifted anytime shortly. “They will have to wait till farmers having tokens of previous dates sell their paddy. This is forcing many farmers to sell their paddy directly to the millers.”googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    On the other hand, farmers prepared for his or her flip are going via arbitrary deduction of paddy on the pretext of top quality. “The officials are deliberately creating such a situation and forcing the farmers to surrender before the millers,” Mahapatra alleged.

    Sources acknowledged over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira regulated market committee (RMC). In the entire Bargarh district, the utmost procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from the entire Attabira and Bheden blocks. Hence, the procurement course of in Attabira begins spherical each week ahead of in numerous blocks. This 12 months, paddy procurement in Attabira began on May 6. 

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy from the Attabira market yard. Following the protest, the native assistant civil supplies officer (ACSO) held a dialogue with the agitating farmers and assured them of wanted movement. 

    ACSO Dibyasingh Badamali acknowledged every market yard has been given a daily prohibit for procurement. As the entire farmers have harvested their crops, the inflow of paddy to the market yards has elevated not too way back. “We are gradually increasing the procurement limit to clear the unsold paddy,” he added.

    Procurement woes

    Over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira RMC

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy 

    Maximum procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from two blocks.

  • Lakhs of paddy baggage lying unsold, farmers blame purchase methodology

    Express News Service

    BARGARH: Belying the administration’s tall claims of simple procurement in Bargarh, lakhs of paddy baggage are however to be lifted from the market yards of Attabira block throughout the district. The delay in procurement is attributed to faulty monitoring practices of the officers concerned. Farmer chief Ramesh Mahapatra acknowledged the officers of Attabira market yards are adopting the fallacious methodology to amass paddy. Instead of procuring paddy on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis, the produce is collected chronologically as per the token dates. 

    “If a farmer has a token issued on today’s date, he is being told that his paddy cannot be procured as those with tokens issued on earlier dates are yet to sell their produce. As a result, farmers are being forced to dump their paddy bags in the open at market yards and wait for their turn,” claimed Mahapatra.

    He further acknowledged even after dumping their produce available on the market yards, farmers are often not constructive if their paddy will be lifted anytime rapidly. “They will have to wait till farmers having tokens of previous dates sell their paddy. This is forcing many farmers to sell their paddy directly to the millers.”

    On the other hand, farmers prepared for his or her flip are going by means of arbitrary deduction of paddy on the pretext of top of the range. “The officials are deliberately creating such a situation and forcing the farmers to surrender before the millers,” Mahapatra alleged.

    Sources acknowledged over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira regulated market committee (RMC). In the entire Bargarh district, the utmost procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from the entire Attabira and Bheden blocks. Hence, the procurement course of in Attabira begins spherical each week earlier than in numerous blocks. This 12 months, paddy procurement in Attabira began on May 6. 

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy from the Attabira market yard. Following the protest, the native assistant civil supplies officer (ACSO) held a dialogue with the agitating farmers and assured them of wanted movement. 

    ACSO Dibyasingh Badamali acknowledged every market yard has been given a daily prohibit for procurement. As the entire farmers have harvested their crops, the inflow of paddy to the market yards has elevated not too way back. “We are gradually increasing the procurement limit to clear the unsold paddy,” he added.

    Procurement woes

    Over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira RMC

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy 

    Maximum procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from two blocks.

    BARGARH: Belying the administration’s tall claims of simple procurement in Bargarh, lakhs of paddy baggage are however to be lifted from the market yards of Attabira block throughout the district. The delay in procurement is attributed to faulty monitoring practices of the officers concerned. Farmer chief Ramesh Mahapatra acknowledged the officers of Attabira market yards are adopting the fallacious methodology to amass paddy. Instead of procuring paddy on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis, the produce is collected chronologically as per the token dates. 

    “If a farmer has a token issued on today’s date, he is being told that his paddy cannot be procured as those with tokens issued on earlier dates are yet to sell their produce. As a result, farmers are being forced to dump their paddy bags in the open at market yards and wait for their turn,” claimed Mahapatra.

    He further acknowledged even after dumping their produce available on the market yards, farmers are often not constructive if their paddy will be lifted anytime rapidly. “They will have to wait till farmers having tokens of previous dates sell their paddy. This is forcing many farmers to sell their paddy directly to the millers.”googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    On the other hand, farmers prepared for his or her flip are going by means of arbitrary deduction of paddy on the pretext of top of the range. “The officials are deliberately creating such a situation and forcing the farmers to surrender before the millers,” Mahapatra alleged.

    Sources acknowledged over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira regulated market committee (RMC). In the entire Bargarh district, the utmost procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from the entire Attabira and Bheden blocks. Hence, the procurement course of in Attabira begins spherical each week earlier than in numerous blocks. This 12 months, paddy procurement in Attabira began on May 6. 

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy from the Attabira market yard. Following the protest, the native assistant civil supplies officer (ACSO) held a dialogue with the agitating farmers and assured them of wanted movement. 

    ACSO Dibyasingh Badamali acknowledged every market yard has been given a daily prohibit for procurement. As the entire farmers have harvested their crops, the inflow of paddy to the market yards has elevated not too way back. “We are gradually increasing the procurement limit to clear the unsold paddy,” he added.

    Procurement woes

    Over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira RMC

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy 

    Maximum procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from two blocks.

  • Dwarf illness: SAD seeks Rs 20,000 per acre as compensation for paddy growers

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday sought a compensation of Rs 20,000 per acre from Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for paddy growers whose fields had been infested with dwarf illness.

    In an announcement right here, former minister and Akali chief Daljit Singh Cheema mentioned in lots of districts of Punjab, the dwarf illness had unfold throughout 20 to 25 per cent of fields.

    It was prone to end in a drop in paddy yield by a minimum of 10 quintals per acre, he mentioned including, “The authorities should step in and compensate farmers for the loss.

    ” “A state-wide survey must also be carried out to establish the quantity of injury the lethal dwarf virus has accomplished on the paddy crop”, he mentioned including, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Rupnagar, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Gurdaspur districts had been most affected by the dwarf illness.

    Notably, a modern survey of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) had noticed stunted vegetation in rice and basmati fields within the state as a result of dwarf illness.

    In some fields, as a result of extreme assault of the dwarf virus, some vegetation had been useless and a few had been stunted with top remaining one-third from half compared to the traditional vegetation, the PAU had mentioned.

    The PAU had discovered southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV), a viral illness, behind the stunting of paddy vegetation in lots of components of the state.

    It is the primary time that SRBSDV, which was first reported in 2001 from Southern China, had been detected in Punjab.

    The SAD chief Cheema mentioned at some locations the dwarf illness had utterly overtaken the paddy fields as within the case of Nurpurbedi in Rupnagar district the place farmers had ploughed standing paddy fields.

    “Huge losses as a consequence of dwarf illness shall be a disaster for farmers who’re nonetheless coming to phrases with a lack of wheat yields to a sudden improve in temperatures in March this 12 months in addition to subsequent losses sustained in sowing ‘moong’ crop which was not procured regardless of guarantees made by the chief minister”, mentioned Cheema.

    Asserting that this might be the proverbial final straw for a lot of farmers who had been already below debt, Cheema requested the chief minister to intervene instantly and announce a complete compensation package deal for the affected farmers.

    CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday sought a compensation of Rs 20,000 per acre from Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for paddy growers whose fields had been infested with dwarf illness.

    In an announcement right here, former minister and Akali chief Daljit Singh Cheema mentioned in lots of districts of Punjab, the dwarf illness had unfold throughout 20 to 25 per cent of fields.

    It was prone to end in a drop in paddy yield by a minimum of 10 quintals per acre, he mentioned including, “The authorities should step in and compensate farmers for the loss.

    ” “A state-wide survey must also be carried out to establish the quantity of injury the lethal dwarf virus has accomplished on the paddy crop”, he mentioned including, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Rupnagar, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Gurdaspur districts had been most affected by the dwarf illness.

    Notably, a modern survey of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) had noticed stunted vegetation in rice and basmati fields within the state as a result of dwarf illness.

    In some fields, as a result of extreme assault of the dwarf virus, some vegetation had been useless and a few had been stunted with top remaining one-third from half compared to the traditional vegetation, the PAU had mentioned.

    The PAU had discovered southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV), a viral illness, behind the stunting of paddy vegetation in lots of components of the state.

    It is the primary time that SRBSDV, which was first reported in 2001 from Southern China, had been detected in Punjab.

    The SAD chief Cheema mentioned at some locations the dwarf illness had utterly overtaken the paddy fields as within the case of Nurpurbedi in Rupnagar district the place farmers had ploughed standing paddy fields.

    “Huge losses as a consequence of dwarf illness shall be a disaster for farmers who’re nonetheless coming to phrases with a lack of wheat yields to a sudden improve in temperatures in March this 12 months in addition to subsequent losses sustained in sowing ‘moong’ crop which was not procured regardless of guarantees made by the chief minister”, mentioned Cheema.

    Asserting that this might be the proverbial final straw for a lot of farmers who had been already below debt, Cheema requested the chief minister to intervene instantly and announce a complete compensation package deal for the affected farmers.

  • Outages in a number of elements of Punjab, PSPCL blames enormous demand, overloading

    SEVERAL PARTS of Punjab confronted energy cuts for 4-5 hours on Wednesday owing to the massive hole in demand and provide. While farmers continued to protest, demanding 8 hours of continous energy for tubewells to irrigate their paddy crop, city areas confronted 1-2 hours whereas suburbs confronted 4-5 of no electrical energy.
    Power demand crossed 14,000 MW — an all-time excessive — on Wednesday whereas whereas only one,290.35 MW had been obtainable. According to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) information, thermal crops of Punjab have the capability to generate 6,840 MW energy, however are producing solely 5,640 MW. Moreover, there are outages in Ropar thermal plant (210MW) and Talwandi Sabo thermal plant (990 MW). The latter is a non-public thermal plant.
    Punjab has already closed the Bathinda thermal plant, therefore is basically depending on personal crops. With Talwandi Sabo thermal plant producing solely 50 per cent of its capability, PSPCL is now solely depending on rains because the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) can also be dealing with water scarcity for hydel energy era.
    In Adda Dakha of Ludhiana, residents had a harrowing time on Wednesday, with energy for just one and a half hours between 1 pm and 9 pm. Villages like Hassanpur, your complete Baddowal space, Mullanpur, Adda Dakha space and markets confronted cuts upto 6 hours. PSPCL officers had no thought when it will be restored.
    In Model Town, Sarabha Nagar space of Ludhiana, the place a number of upscale colonies are positioned, energy cuts had been imposed for 1-2 hours. Residents had been informed it was as a result of a technical snag.
    Sources mentioned even in Patiala metropolis space, which is the headquarters of PSPCL, energy cuts had been imposed for upto two hours.

    Meanwhile farmers staged protests in Barnala, Malerkotla, Bathinda, Pathankot, Phagwara, Tarn Taran and lots of different elements of Punjab over low energy provide to the agricultural sector. The Punjab State Electricity Board Engineers Association mentioned it had conveyed this to the administration however no preparations had been made forward of paddy season.
    A Venuprasad, chairman cum managing director (CMD), PSPCL, informed The Indian Express: “There is huge demand and there is a problem of overloading. Hot weather and paddy transplantation have led to increase in demand. BBMB too has no water for generating hydel power. Ropar unit failed…We are praying for rains.”

    There was a technical snag in Amargarh feeder, as a result of which massive elements of Malerkotla, Sangrur had no energy on the time of submitting this report. Power cuts had been additionally reported in Abohar, Fazilka, Muktsar, Bathinda and suburban areas of Ludhiana and Patiala.
    Power in most sub-urban areas was restored by 9 pm.

  • You will get ten thousand rupees per 12 months for planting bushes in change for paddy

    The Chief Minister Plantation Incentive Scheme has began from June 1 with an goal to encourage plantation of non-timber species on the land of personal sector, farmers, authorities departments and gram panchayats and enhance the revenue of farmers by way of tree plantation. Farmers will probably be given an incentive of ten thousand rupees per acre for planting bushes, non-timber, fruit bushes, bamboo and minor forest produce and medicinal crops in non-forest areas as an alternative of paddy. Those farmers who’ve taken paddy crop in Kharif 12 months 2020, in the event that they plant bushes of their fields as an alternative of paddy crop, then they are going to be given incentive on the charge of ten thousand rupees per acre per 12 months for the subsequent three years.

    All the residents of Chhattisgarh will probably be eligible as per the supply of personal land and all Gram Panchayats and Joint Forest Management Committees will probably be eligible to make the most of the scheme. Under the scheme, plantation of timber, fruit, bamboo, minor forest produce and medicinal crops may also be finished on the land obtained from forest rights letter with the consent of the beneficiaries. To get the good thing about the scheme, will probably be necessary to register with the involved forest space workplace inside six months of planting. If industrial plantation is finished with the quantity accessible with Gram Panchayats and Joint Forest Management Committees, then in case of profitable plantation after one 12 months, the involved Gram Panchayats and Joint Forest Management Committees will probably be given incentive quantity of ten thousand rupees per acre from the federal government. .

    Under the Chief Minister Plantation Incentive Scheme, farmers who’ve taken paddy crop in Kharif 2020 and have duly registered and bought paddy below the Minimum Support Price Scheme, by planting bushes of their fields as an alternative of paddy They will probably be given incentive on the charge of ten thousand rupees per acre per 12 months for 3 years. In intercropping with the plantation finished by the farmer, crops aside from paddy could be taken.

    To get the advantages below the scheme, will probably be necessary for the farmers to register within the respective portal throughout the stipulated time. Unregistered farmers won’t be eligible to get incentive quantity below the scheme. The space registered by the Rural Agricultural Extension Officer and the designated officer will probably be verified by Girdawari. Suitable recommendation concerning choice of appropriate species for plantation will probably be given to the farmers as per the requirement. Under the scheme, the mounted quantity will probably be paid within the account of farmers by way of DBT on the charge of per acre.

  • Punjab targets to deliver a million hectare underneath DSR on this paddy season

    The Punjab authorities, anticipating a scarcity of migrant labour within the upcoming paddy transplantation season, has determined to deliver a million hectares underneath the Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) method for the crop this 12 months.
    Punjab farmers had planted paddy utilizing the DSR method, as an alternative of conventional transplanting, within the kharif season final 12 months too in round 5 lakh hectares of land.
    Direct seeding is a technique underneath which pre-germinated seeds are instantly drilled into the sector by a tractor-powered machine.
    There is not any nursery preparation or transplantation concerned on this methodology. Farmers must solely degree their land and provides one pre-sowing irrigation.
    The authorities has additionally requested the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to make the preparations in energy provide schedule for customers utilizing agricultural pump units in the course of the forthcoming paddy season.
    In a letter dated May 13 and addressed to chairman-cum-managing director of PSPCL, the Additional Chief Secretary (Development) of Punjab, Anirudh Tewari, requested CMD PSPCL, A Venu Prasad, to make essential preparations to make sure eight hours of energy provide from May 25 to June 2, four-hour energy provide from June 3 to June 9 and once more eight hour energy provide from June 10 onwards for all agricultural customers.
    The letter additional says that the division is selling DSR throughout kharif season this 12 months to preserve 10 to fifteen per cent irrigation water as in comparison with the puddle transplanted rice. The division, the letter added, targets to deliver an space of 1 million hectares (10 Lakh hectares ) underneath DSR in the course of the forthcoming season.
    The letter additionally says that Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana, has additionally beneficial the DSR method within the state, with impact from June 1 in ‘tar wattar’ situations — that’s in fields which have excessive moisture content material with none extra expenditure, which really leads to saving groundwater and due to this fact lowered energy consumption.
    Dr Balwinder Singh Sidhu, Agriculture Commissioner of Punjab, stated that committing a million hectares was a significant coverage resolution and the promotion of DSR will result in conservation of groundwater and save farmers from labour scarcity. He additional stated that 1017 camps have been organised in a cluster of 5 villages every throughout the paddy transplanting districts of the state to coach and educate the farmers within the DSR method.
    He stated that the official date of paddy transplanting is June 10 and it will likely be adopted strictly.

    Farmers of the Punjab however, nevertheless, have demanded that the federal government not repair any date for paddy transplanting this 12 months due to the continued Covid pandemic and lack of labour. They say that round 2.7 to 2.8 million hectares is already devoted to rice cultivation and this requires numerous labourers.
    Jagmohan Singh, General Secretary Bharti Kisan Union (BKU), Daukunda, stated that this time they’d be principally depending on the native khet mazdoors for paddy transplanting and if the ability provide to tube-wells is given earlier than June 1, then farmers may even begin transplantation at their very own degree
    He stated {that a} mounted date to begin the cultivation of paddy will result in large gatherings within the fields which could result in the unfold of Covid among the many farmers.

    Singh additionally stated that the DSR methodology will not be appropriate on sure varieties of soil and in such fields solely transplanting strategies work.
    He stated that if the federal government doesn’t conform to their calls for, then the farmers might be compelled to begin an agitation.

  • CM Bhupesh couldn’t meet Union Food Minister Goyal

    The proposed assembly of state and central authorities meals officers couldn’t be held in Delhi on Tuesday on the difficulty of paddy. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel couldn’t even meet Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal. Because of this, CM went instantly from there to Assam after assembly get together leaders in Delhi.

    According to officers, the Rajiv Gandhi justice plan of the Chhattisgarh authorities was to be mentioned on this assembly proposed on Tuesday. The cause is that the central authorities is believing that by means of this scheme, the state authorities is giving bonus to the farmers for paddy. For this cause, the central authorities has minimize the quota of rice taken from the state.

    Chief Minister Baghel has already had a gathering with Union Minister Goel on February 5 on this matter. It was on this assembly that the schedule of the assembly to be held on February 16 was determined. According to departmental sources, the assembly between the central and state authorities officers was already deferred. Because of this, the state officers didn’t go to Delhi on Tuesday.
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  • Rice Miller of Durg is now elevating paddy in Bemetara and Kawardha districts

    Rice millers of Durg district have taken up paddy from Bemetara and Kawardha districts. Paddy is purchased in plastic sack. Custom milling of paddy bought in plastic sack is to be accomplished as per the directions of the federal government. Rice Miller of Durg district will mingle the mentioned paddy.

    After the top of paddy buy on the help value, the priority of the administration has elevated with regard to the customized milling of paddy bought. About 41 lakh quintal of paddy has been bought in Durg district itself. Out of this, about 17 lakh quintals of paddy are nonetheless saved in procurement facilities. The state authorities has instructed for the primary milling of paddy bought in plastic baggage.

    At the identical time, rice mills in Durg district have been directed to do customized milling of paddy bought in plastic baggage in Kawardha and Bemetara districts apart from Durg. Due to this, rice millers of the district should bear paddy of the mentioned district apart from the fort. Food controller CP Dipankar mentioned that rice millers of the district have lifted 96 thousand 771 quintals from Bemetra district and 30 thousand 830 quintals of paddy from Kawardha district.

  • Four lakh 79 thousand 562 metric tonnes of paddy bought in Raipur district

    In the state of Chhattisgarh, the graph of report of paddy buy on help value is rising each day. At the identical time, there may be higher buy in Raipur district. Looking on the figures, 4 lakh 79 thousand 562 metric tonnes of paddy have been bought in Raipur district. Similarly, 86 lakh 50 thousand 164 metric tonnes of paddy has been bought within the state. So far, 19 lakh 83 thousand 658 farmers of the state have bought paddy on the help value. A DO of 28 lakh 85 thousand 825 metric tons of paddy has been issued to the millers for customized milling, for which 26 lakh six thousand 203 metric tons of paddy has been taken up to this point.

    So far, 14 thousand 960 crore rupees have been paid on-line to the farmers of the state. In the Kharif yr 2020-21, one lakh 24 thousand 472 metric tonnes of paddy has been bought in Bastar district of the state until 22 January 2021. Similarly, 56 thousand 420 MT in Bijapur district, 13 thousand 665 MT in Dantewada district, two lakh 72 thousand 844 MT in Kanker district, one lakh 30 thousand 120 MT in Kondagaon district, 17 thousand 665 MT in Narayanpur district , 34 thousand 672 MT in Sukma district, 4 lakh 37 thousand 457 MT in Bilaspur district, 67 thousand 56 MT in Gorela-Pendra-Marwahi, seven lakh 81 thousand 941 MT in Janjgir-Champa district, one in Korba district Lakh 19 thousand 472 MT, 3 lakh 50 thousand 357 MT have been bought in Mungeli district.