Odisha govt seeks cooperation of rice millers in paddy procurement
BHUBANESWAR: The government on Sunday urged rice millers to take part in the ongoing paddy procurement by executing an agreement with the Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation (OSCSC) for custom milling of rice for 2024-25 kharif marketing season (KMS).
The All Odisha Rice Millers’ Association (AORMA) is firm on its stand to stay away from paddy procurement in the current KMS until the state government fulfils their eight-point charter of demands.
A meeting with AROMA members were held in the office of deputy chief minister KV Singh Deo in presence of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushan Chandra Patra and Secretary Sanjay Singh after rice millers of Balangir district refused to sign any agreement with the government agency for custom milling of rice.
