Rice millers demand hike in milling fees

BHUBANESWAR: The All Odisha Rice Millers Association (AORMA) has demanded the state government to increase the custom milling fee for rice along with transportation and storage charges of paddy at mills.

The association members complained that the custom milling fee, which is Rs 20 per quintal of paddy, has not been revised for the last two decades.

Association president Mahesh Bansal said charges for transportation of paddy from mandis to mills and rice from mills to government-owned or rented warehouses along with paddy procured by the government and stored at mills’ warehouses are very low as compared to the prevailing market cost.