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Bihar Cooperative Minister Pramod Kumar connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) said that 2 sweetener mills volition beryllium tally by the Cooperative section arsenic portion of the State government’s determination to revive aged sweetener mills too mounting up caller ones successful the authorities arsenic portion of its “Saat Nischay” programme.
“We person received a connection successful this regard. As and erstwhile the furniture clears it, we volition fto you know. The section has started its preparations successful this regard. As portion of government’s resoluteness nether “Saat Nischay”, it has been decided to revive aged sweetener mills too opening caller ones and it was besides decided that the 2 mills volition beryllium tally by the cooperative department,” Mr. Kumar told reporters during a property league held astatine his authoritative chamber.
He was accompanied by the Department’s Secretary Dharmendra Singh, Additional Secretary Abhay Kumar Singh and different elder officials during the media interaction.
Once the sweetener mills are transferred to the department, it is apt to tally 2 sweetener mills namely- Sakri successful Madhubani territory and Raiyam successful Darbhanga district.
The section is astatine contiguous engaged successful constituting cooperative committees, particularly however the committees volition beryllium formed and astatine what level too however the DPR volition beryllium prepared.
“As and erstwhile the 2 sweetener mills volition beryllium transferred to the Cooperative department, lone past the section volition proceed to marque Mill-wise plans,“ said Cooperative Secretary Dharmendra Singh.
He added that a high-level committee headed by the Chief Secretary decided that the Cooperative section should enactment connected operating 2 sweetener mills, for which it is carrying retired its preparations.
The Minister besides informed that Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society (PACS) has, truthful far, procured 9.53 lakh metric tonnes of paddy from 1.32 lakh farmers crossed the authorities and Rs 1755 crore outgo has been made to the farmers arsenic “Minimum Support” (MSP).
“The State authorities has made the procurement of 9.53 lakh MT of paddy against the people of 36.85 lakh MT successful the existent Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) of 2025-26. The authorities authorities has written a missive to the centre to summation the bounds of paddy procurement upto 45 lakh MT,” Mr. Kumar said.
In bid to marque the paddy procurement process transparent and its regular monitoring, the Minister asked each the District Magistrates to hole a database of farmers funny successful selling their nutrient (paddy) to PACS and springiness them a tentative day truthful that farmers tin merchantability them connected a designated day.
If needed, the DMs tin unfastened much procurement centres to accommodate much farmers, Mr. Kumar said and added that the section is moving “IVRS telephone centre” for redressal of their grievances/problems. The toll escaped fig is – 1800 1800 110. A full of 584 complaints person been received astatine telephone centres, mostly relating to grievances of paddy not being procured.
Mr. Kumar asserted that payments to the farmers are being made wrong 48 hours of procurement.
Sharing the further activities, the Minister said that the section volition motorboat “membership-cum-awareness drive” astatine panchayat level from January 2, successful bid to make consciousness among radical astir its schemes and besides to transportation retired a rank thrust of PACS.
He stated that determination are 1.38 crore members of PACS crossed the State and Bihar is 1 of the States having highest members of PACS and each of them are progressive successful each the panchayats.
He besides said that PACS volition beryllium developed arsenic a large work centre, portion stating that PACS is presently providing 25 antithetic types of services.
