-Rampant corruption and irregularities are taking place in the mandis where the government is procuring paddy for the current Kharif season. While the farmers are being exploited, the concerned department Minister’s statement in this regard has distressed the farmers’ community, alleged the Congress on Friday.
The Minister instead of curbing corruption is promoting it. A nexus between the millers and the administration is exploiting the farmers. In every quintal, farmers are being cheated of five to seven kilograms of paddy. The government is not procuring paddy in a systematic manner. Instead of the government procuring paddy, the millers are purchasing paddy in the mandis, stated a memorandum which was submitted to the Governor by a Congress delegation led by Kishan Congress chairman Amiya Kumar Pattanaik.
Pattanaik said the farmers are forced to sell paddy below the minimum support price.(MSP). Besides, the token system implemented by the government is faulty.
