Bhubaneswar, Nov. 28 -- Opposition BJD member Prasanna Acharya (BJD) on Friday urged Speaker Surama Padhy to direct the government to initiate steps for the procurement of paddy at the earliest.
Raising the issue during zero hour, Acharaya wanted the Speaker to direct the Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister and the Cooperation Minister to take action immediately for the paddy procurement and not play with the fate of the farmers.
He said, despite the government's announcement to start paddy procurement on November 20 from the Baragarha district, the process has not yet started.
He said that though paddy harvesting is over, farmers' registration for selling paddy has not yet been completed. Over 5,000 farmers inthe Baragarha distric...