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Online system helps CS dept make record paddy purchases
Paddy purchases by the Civil Supplies Department have reached record levels this Kharif season. The highest ever paddy procurement of 15.13 lakh MTs was made possible by the adoption of the Online Procurement Management System (OPMS), which completely eliminated the role of middlemen.
Hyderabad: Paddy purchases by the Civil Supplies Department have reached record levels this Kharif season. The highest ever paddy procurement of 15.13 lakh MTs was made possible by the adoption of the Online Procurement Management System (OPMS), which completely eliminated the role of middlemen.
Paddy worth Rs 2,163 crore was procured from 3,56,373 farmers across the State through 2,137 paddy purchase centres, of which 12.19 lakh MTs is Grade - A variety and 2.93 lakh MTs is common variety.
“Payment to the extent of Rs 2,022 crores to 3,28,645 farmers was credited into the bank accounts of the farmers directly through online system, said Department Commissioner C V Anand.
According to the Commissioner, paddy purchases had almost come to an end in the State, while another 1 to 2 lakh MTs is expected to be procured by the month end.
In contrast, 13.35 lakh MTs of paddy was purchased by January 5 last year. The highest procurement was seen in Nizamabad (2,03,077 MTs), Jagithyal (1,43,916 MTs), Jayasankar Bhupalapalli (1,49,031 MTs), Kamareddy (1,21,006 MTs) and Karimnagar (1,04,826 MTs) districts.
As part of efforts to ease difficulties of farmers, for the first time, more than 2,000 purchase centers were set up in 30 districts (except Hyderabad). The erstwhile district headquarters were made centres for organising procurement operations.
Anand, who conducted a review meeting on Thursday, expressed his view that the procurement process was smoothly completed due to the active participation of the Joint Collectors.
“The entire operations, from procurement to payment stage, were done smoothly through online system,” he added.
