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125 paddy purchasing centres to procure paddy
This year paddy crop is being cultivated in an extent of 5.80 lakh acres and produce is expected to cross 11 lakh metric tonnes (MTs). Out of total produce, 70 per cent would be procured by Civil Supplies department and the levy target fixed at 7.76 lakh metric tonnes.
Srikakulam: Paddy from the kharif crop will be procured in the district through 125 paddy purchasing centres (PPCs) this year. Out of 125 PPCs, 49 will be arranged by a Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) which are under control of District Cooperative Central Bank (DCCB), 46 PPCs to be run by Velugu societies under District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), 14 will be maintained by Agricultural Market Committees (AMCs), another 14 runs by District Cooperative Marketing Societies (DCMS) and two PPCs would be arranged by Girijana Cooperative Corporation (GCC) in the Agency areas.
This year paddy crop is being cultivated in an extent of 5.80 lakh acres and produce is expected to cross 11 lakh metric tonnes (MTs). Out of total produce, 70 per cent would be procured by Civil Supplies department and the levy target fixed at 7.76 lakh metric tonnes. After procuring the targeted quantity of paddy, the Civil Supplies Department would hand it over to millers and they must return 67 per cent of raw rice and 68 per cent of boiled rice to the Civil Supplies Corporation (CSC).
However, due to loopholes in levy rules, nine millers evaded in handing over of rice to CSC which is worth Rs 17.8 crore for four financial years from 2012-13 to 2015-16. The main reason for evading levy by the millers is the loopholes in framing conditions. By treating Srikakulam district as a backward area, the State government relaxed the bank guarantee (BG) limits.
It means if a miller submitted Rs 1 crore worth bank guarantee, the CSC will hand over Rs 4 crore worth paddy produce. Due to this reason, millers evading paying of levy as paddy produce is three times more valuable than the BGs.
After four years, the State government found fault in the rule and changed the rules regarding BGs. Now millers must provide Rs 1 crore BG to get Rs 2 crore worth paddy produce which is being implemented from the financial year 2017-18.
“Apart from announcing the enhancement of BG limit, we will observe new rules like verification of title deed strictly and recording of rights (ROR) which is known as 1-B and Adangal/Pahani copies to know about actual possessor of land to procure paddy directly from farmers to avoid middlemen,” told CSC district manager R Venkateswara Rao to The Hans India here on Friday.
