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Kerala Minister for Agriculture T. Siddique has said the United Democratic Front (UDF) authorities has renewed the statement with nationalist assemblage banks for paddy procurement successful the State.
Addressing a ‘Meet the Press’ lawsuit organised astatine the Calicut Press Club present connected Saturday, helium said the Kerala Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) would proceed to procure paddy from the growers.
The growers are fixed slope loans for their harvested paddy from nationalist assemblage banks and paddy receipt sheets (PRS) are issued to them. Thereafter, State authorities repays the main and involvement to the banks. The repayment, however, often gets delayed owed to assorted reasons.
Mr. Siddique said that during the erstwhile Left Democratic Front government’s tenure, paddy was procured done cooperative societies successful Palakkad connected an experimental basis. However, the UDF authorities has decided to proceed the erstwhile signifier of procuring it wholly done Supplyco.
Mr. Siddique said the issues related to paddy procurement had been discussed successful the archetypal Cabinet gathering of the UDF government. Thereafter, a sub-committee involving himself, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob, and Minister for Cooperation Minister M. Liju was formed. The committee held gathering with officials and slope representatives and decided to renew the statement for paddy procurement with banks, which had expired connected March 31.
The gathering besides sought steps to implicit the procurement earlier the onset of monsoon and the process was astir over. Steps would beryllium taken to debar immoderate hold successful issuing PRS, Mr. Siddique said.
The Food and Civil Supplies section would code the concerns of the growers related to moisture contented successful paddy, helium said.
Asked astir the complaints from farmers related to harvest nonaccomplishment compensation, Mr. Siddique said the authorities had not been capable to merchandise the magnitude since 2021.
The Minister said steps were being taken to pull much women to farming.
