Bihar CM reviews preparations for paddy procurement during Kharif marketing season 2021-22
Published on: September 2, 2021.
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PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday reviewed his government’s preparations for paddy procurement during the forthcoming Kharif marketing season 2021-22, through videoconferencing from ‘Sankalp’ hall of the CM residence.
He asked the officials to begin the process on paddy procurement on appropriate time. “The beginning of procurement on the appropriate time would not only ensure maximum procurement of paddy but it would also benefit the farmers,” Nitish said.
The CM further said asked the officials of three departments- Cooperative, agriculture and food & consumer protection- to conduct a combined survey to have an actual assessment about the production of paddy on different districts of the state.
He asked the officials to conduct a district-wise actual assessment of paddy production before fixing targets for the procurement.
The CM also advised the officials to start phase-wise procurement in different districts. “The districts where harvesting of paddy begins earlier, procurement should start earlier,” he said.
Nitish said in Bihar, a large number of people demand ‘Usna’ (parboiled) rice. He asked the officials to work in the direction of increasing the number of rice mills that produces parboiled rice. Besides the parboiled rice, the Arwa rice also should be prepared in sufficient quantity.
Earlier, food and consumer protection department’s secretary Vinay Kumar made a detailed presentation before the CM about the preparations being made for paddy procurement in the Kharif marketing season 2021-22.
The cooperative department secretary Bandana Preyasi gave detailed information about the preparations related to her department, activities of primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS), their storage capacity and quick disposal of complaints regarding procurement.
