Under the support price policy of Chhattisgarh, cash and linking purchase of paddy from farmers at procurement centres of all Primary Agriculture Credit Cooperative Societies during the Kharif marketing year 2013-14 will be completed by February 15. On the last date of paddy purchase, any kind of slip regarding paddy purchase will not be issued.
According to an official press statement issued here on Monday, whatever paddy reaches for sale in the procurement centres till 5 pm in the evening of the last day of purchase, would be weighed and purchased up to 7 pm. At 7 pm, Samiti’s software will automatically be locked. The Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection department has issued necessary guidance in this respect to all collectors of the State.
Secretary, Food department, Vikassheel, said in the circular that cash and linking purchase of paddy under the support price policy of the state has been scheduled up to February 15. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) will issue separate version 14.7 on February 11 for paddy purchase on the last day. All the procurement centres were asked to download the version from the departmental website and install up to February 13.
It has been said in the circular to issue clear instructions to the nodal officers appointed for the procurement centres to be present at the centres from February 13 to 15 and to ensure weighing of paddy under their observation. The nodal officer, after the locking of software in the procurement centre on February 15 at 7 pm, will take the stock report of paddy and gunny bags and after physical verification will make its entry in the software of the society. Only after the stock entry, paddy will be lifted from the society.
It has been said in the circular that a ban has been imposed on issue of new DO for the supply of paddy to rice millers from the societies of all districts. Only after physical verification of stock and its entry by the nodal officers, new DO should be issued to supply paddy from the society to rice millers.