Bhubaneswar, Nov. 21 -- Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krishna Chandra Patra has urged union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi to increase the state's paddy procurement target.
During a meeting with the union Minister in New Delhi on Wednesday, Patra also requested that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) take prompt steps to lift rice from Odisha.
He further sought directions for FCI to collect approximately 7.5 lakh metric tonnes of rice within the stipulated timeframe.
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