Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): The Odisha government has issued strict notice for prevention of paddy entry from Chhattishgarh so that the MSP does not go in hands of unauthorised persons, said officials.
According to official statement,the collectors of eight inter-state border districts- Bargarh, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Jharsuguda, Sundergarh and Nabarangpur – are put on high alert, on Monday.
The additional secretary in the food supplies and consumer welfare department, Bijay Kumar Prusty said that kharif paddy procurement has commenced in the border districts from the second week of November and it should be done only from registered farmers as per the tokens issued to them.
In an official letter to the collectors last week he asked them to ensure that paddy procured by authorised societies and groups is only from genuine registered farmers and to see that the benefit of MSP for paddy does not go to unauthorised entities under any circumstance.
