Primary agriculture cooperative societies secretaries in soup for paddy procurement lapse 

Express News Service

JAGATSINGHPUR: The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, on Wednesday, directed the assistant registrar of cooperative societies to take motion towards eight secretaries of main agriculture cooperative societies  (PACS) for wilful violation procurement coverage norms throughout 2021-2022 which led a whole bunch of farmers to lose their harvested paddy.

The Civil Supplies division, sources mentioned, had issued tokens to almost 45,381 farmers of the district for procurement of 11.73 lakh quintal paddy throughout kharif 2021-2022. The administration had engaged 33 millers towards the precise requirement of 42 which apparently triggered delay in lifting of paddy from farmers.  

As a end result, almost 8000 tokens with a mandate to acquire 3 lakh quintal paddy lapsed and no effort was made to resume these.

Aggrieved, a whole bunch of farmers underneath the banner of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan had staged dharana in entrance of Collector’s workplace demanding lifting of paddy from them. But neither the administration nor Civil Supplies division fulfilled the calls for.  Even now, the paddy are mendacity broken at completely different paddy procurement centres (PPCs), the farmers alleged.

Similarly, the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare division had instructed iris scan of every farmer earlier than procurement to make sure pretend paddy growers don’t enter the fray however the secretaries of the PACS allegedly didn’t adhere to the rule to facilitate non-public brokers to promote their paddy.

A number of days later, the administration sought the intervention of Cooperation and Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare division to conduct an inquiry into the alleged irregularities throughout paddy procurement.

District Civil Supplies Officer Sujata Mishra mentioned, as per directions of the administration, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department carried out an inquiry into the allegations. “We have submitted a report to the authorities about the irregularities,” Mishra added.

Reliable sources mentioned that out of eight PACS, secretaries of Salijanga, Kaduapada, Odisso of Jagatsinghpur block and relaxation 5 from Naugaon, Biridi, Balikuda, Erasama and Raghunathpur blocks have been recognized for violation of the paddy procurement clauses and settlement.

Assistant registrar of cooperatives societies, Jagatsinghpur, Siba Prasad Mohanty nonetheless, denied disclosing the names and panchayats of PACS secretaries although he acknowledged receiving the letter from the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to take motion towards defaulters. “The department has not yet received the list of defaulting PACS secretaries,” Mohanty mentioned.

JAGATSINGHPUR: The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, on Wednesday, directed the assistant registrar of cooperative societies to take motion towards eight secretaries of main agriculture cooperative societies  (PACS) for wilful violation procurement coverage norms throughout 2021-2022 which led a whole bunch of farmers to lose their harvested paddy.

The Civil Supplies division, sources mentioned, had issued tokens to almost 45,381 farmers of the district for procurement of 11.73 lakh quintal paddy throughout kharif 2021-2022. The administration had engaged 33 millers towards the precise requirement of 42 which apparently triggered delay in lifting of paddy from farmers.  

As a end result, almost 8000 tokens with a mandate to acquire 3 lakh quintal paddy lapsed and no effort was made to resume these.

Aggrieved, a whole bunch of farmers underneath the banner of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan had staged dharana in entrance of Collector’s workplace demanding lifting of paddy from them. But neither the administration nor Civil Supplies division fulfilled the calls for.  Even now, the paddy are mendacity broken at completely different paddy procurement centres (PPCs), the farmers alleged.

Similarly, the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare division had instructed iris scan of every farmer earlier than procurement to make sure pretend paddy growers don’t enter the fray however the secretaries of the PACS allegedly didn’t adhere to the rule to facilitate non-public brokers to promote their paddy.

A number of days later, the administration sought the intervention of Cooperation and Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare division to conduct an inquiry into the alleged irregularities throughout paddy procurement.

District Civil Supplies Officer Sujata Mishra mentioned, as per directions of the administration, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department carried out an inquiry into the allegations. “We have submitted a report to the authorities about the irregularities,” Mishra added.

Reliable sources mentioned that out of eight PACS, secretaries of Salijanga, Kaduapada, Odisso of Jagatsinghpur block and relaxation 5 from Naugaon, Biridi, Balikuda, Erasama and Raghunathpur blocks have been recognized for violation of the paddy procurement clauses and settlement.

Assistant registrar of cooperatives societies, Jagatsinghpur, Siba Prasad Mohanty nonetheless, denied disclosing the names and panchayats of PACS secretaries although he acknowledged receiving the letter from the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to take motion towards defaulters. “The department has not yet received the list of defaulting PACS secretaries,” Mohanty mentioned.