Now FPO will buy paddy directly from farmers: Cooperative Department issued instructions in Banka; 29,939 paddy procurement target

The instructions were issued by the Cooperative Department.

Farmers in Banka will now be able to sell paddy through Farmers Product Organization ie FPO. For this, instructions have been issued by the Cooperative Department. Till now farmers used to sell paddy through packs and trade boards at the minimum support price. But now a big change has been made in this. The most important portability facility has been abolished in this. By abolishing it, farmers will no longer be able to sell paddy in any other packs. They have to sell the money within their packs or trade circles.

Till now farmers used to sell their paddy on MSP through any other packs as well. With the end of portability facility, farmers will now be able to sell paddy only in their respective packs or trade circles. Along with this, in the Panchayat where PACS is not active, paddy will be procured through FPO. If there is no FPO then it will be tagged with adjacent packs.

Will also get login-id

The FPOs which will be marked for the purchase of paddy by the Cooperative Department. They will be given the same facilities as Pax. While marking the FPO, its storage capacity etc. will be checked. After this, the proposal will be sent to the department after opening the account of such groups in the local cooperative bank. After this login facility will be given.

29, 939 MT paddy will be procured

District Cooperative Officer Sangeeta Kumari said that this time the target of purchasing 29 thousand 939 MT paddy has been achieved. So far 143 packs have been selected for paddy purchase. Through this, so far 221 MT paddy has been procured from 55 farmers. He told that apart from PACS, panchayats where PACS are not active.

In those panchayats, paddy will be procured through Farmer Producer Group (FPO) formed by Agriculture Department or Jeevika. But there is no guideline yet for this. Every possible effort is being made to procure paddy from all the farmers. DCO Banka Sangeeta Kumar said that instructions have been received from the department regarding the purchase of paddy through FPO. For this the FPO has to be registered under the Societies Act.