The farmers in Odisha can now register themselves to offer their paddy to the federal government throughout the Kharif Marketing Season 2025-26, Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra stated here on Sunday.
Instruction press reporters here, Patra stated, “We have further simplified the registration process for farmers to participate in the paddy procurement process. They can now register themselves by submitting a self-declaration form, which we have distributed to all districts.”
The federal government has actually likewise extended the due date for registration of paddy farmers from August 20 to 25. Now, the whole registration procedure of the farmers will be finished by August 30, the minister stated.
The federal government has actually taken this choice after a substantial variety of farmers were dealing with problems in finishing land registration owing to the non-availability or hold-up in submission of specific files such as approval letter from the legal successors, co-sharers, and genealogy report from the income inspector, to name a few, an officer stated.
The Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Department has actually sent out the ‘self-declaration’ type to all district collectors to assist in the smooth conduct of the registration procedure and to make sure that qualified farmers are not denied of the advantages of the minimum assistance cost (MSP).
The paddy procurement for the Kharif crop season is set up to begin with the very first week of November.
PTI