The State Government has taken all steps to see that farmers get appropriate price for their produce and they are able to sell the balance paddy, said Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma in Brahmapur on Thursday.
Reviewing the Kharif paddy collection in the Southern Revenue Division here, the Minister said a total of 1, 82 ,284 farmers of the districts of Boudh, Gajapati , Ganjam, Kandhamal , Koraput , Malkangiri , Nabarangpur and Rayagada districts have been enlisted from whom paddy would be collected.
The Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department has decided that for irrigated land, 18 quintal per acre and for non- irrigated land 12 quintal of paddy per acre would be collected. In the current year, for ordinary paddy a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,470 and for A grade paddy MSP of Rs 1,510 would be paid.
The paddy would be collected from November 1, 2016 to March 1, 2017, in the aforesaid districts, said the Minister.
Till now, more than 1, 78, 227 farmers of the Southern Division have registered their Aadhaar numbers. Those who have not provided the Aadhaar numbers have been given time to do so.
The State Government has implemented the P-Pass system. In the current Kharif season this has been implemented in all the 294 blocks of the district. Cent per cent paddy collection in the State would be done in P- Pass system. All the papers would be computerised and all payments will be done online and the dues would be directly transferred to the farmers’ accounts from the State Cooperative Bank here, said the Minister.