BJD Parliamentary Delegation Meets Union Food Minister Over Paddy Procurement Issues

BJD Parliamentary Delegation Meets Union Food Minister Over Paddy Procurement Issues
/  

20-Jul-2021  

A Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Parliamentary delegation from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha today met Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Procurement and placed demand through memorandum on pending food subsidy of Odisha, evacuation of surplus rice and gunny bags shortage issue of the State.

In the memorandum, the BJD delegation highlighted that paddy/rice procurement operations under MSP programme is a task which is in the domain of Government of India. However, in order to extend the outreach of MSP to remote, far-flung and inaccessible areas, Government of Odisha took over in 2003-04 the responsibility of procuring paddy from farmers in the State.

Other News