paddy procurement

CHHATTISGARH C’garh’s Paddy Procurement Drive To Begin From Nov 15   Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday announced that his Government had set up 1992 paddy procurement centres across the State to facilitate paddy procurement from 15.79 lakh farmers from November 15 till January 31.   Chief Minister said that tendu patta is the main source of income for nearly 14 lakh families and keeping this in view, State Government has increased the wages of tendu patta collectors from Rs 450 per standard sack to ‘1500 per standard sack and then to ‘1800 per standard sack.   Now in the ... Read more

CHHATTISGARH   Congress alleges irregularities in paddy procurement in Chhattisgarh   As many as 34 Congress MLAs were suspended after they trooped into the well in the House raising slogans against the government. However, their suspension was revoked later. Due to the pandemonium, Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal had to adjourn the House proceedings for 10 minutes.   In spite of that the state government had set a target of procuring 70 lakh MT in 2016-17. The state has 37 lakh farmer families, out of which credit cards have been given to only 22.44 lakh. Due to administrative hurdles in the registration ... Read more

WHO Defines Food security to exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Food security has three interlinked contents such as :- Availability of food, Access to food and absorption of food. Food security is a multidimensional concept covering even the  micro level household food security,energy intakes and indicators of malnutrition.   Major components of food security are:- Production and Procurement Storage Distribution Indian Agriculture is rightly called as a gamble with Monsoon, variability in food production and ... Read more