BHUBANESWAR: The state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday approved the proposal of the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department for procurement of 80 lakh tonne paddy in the current kharif marketing season (KMS) 2024-25.
Approval of Food and Paddy Procurement policy was among the six proposals including the implementation of Samrudha Krusak Yojana that got the cabinet nod.
“A tentative target of 54 lakh tonne in terms of rice has been fixed for KMS 2024-25. In terms of paddy, this comes to around 80 lakh tonne. For kharif, the tentative target for procurement of paddy will be 66 lakh tonne and for rabi 14 lakh tonne. There is no bar for procurement of any higher quantum if more paddy comes to mandis from registered farmers,” said Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja after the meeting.
He said a cabinet sub-committee or a group of ministers (GoM) will review the implementation of the policy and modify the overall target if, the need arises. Kharif paddy will be procured from November 1, 2024 to March, 2025 while rabi paddy purchase will take place from May 1 to June 30, 2025. District administrations will schedule their procurement dates within these broad timelines, he said.
