Paddy Procurement Centre opened in Bhurbandha

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Dalim Phukan,

Hills Live News, Morigaon, Nov 4:
The Bhurbandha Paddy Procurement Centre was formally inaugurated on Wednesday under the initiative of the Morigaon district administration, in collaboration with the Agriculture Department and the Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation, with the objective of ensuring the successful implementation of the government’s paddy procurement process under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme.
Morigaon MLA Ramakanta Deuri attended the inaugural programme as the chief guest.
Addressing the gathering, Deuri urged farmers to take advantage of the government’s ambitious scheme and sell their paddy directly to the government at the stipulated Minimum Support Price (MSP).
He also directed the concerned departments to take all necessary measures to prevent middlemen or brokers from interfering in the paddy procurement process and ensure that genuine farmers are not deprived of receiving fair prices for their produce.
As part of the programme, the first meeting of the Paddy Procurement Monitoring Committee was held. An initiative was also taken to create awareness among farmers about the government’s paddy procurement mechanism.
Additional Commissioner (Agriculture) Uday Shankar Dutta, Assistant Commissioner Shubhankar Haur, Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer Mehedi Arif Hussain, Paddy Procurement Centre Manager Chakradhar Konwar, Bhurbandha Gaon Panchayat president Amarendra Konwar and Janmoni Mahanta of the Kisan Morcha, along with officials, employees of the concerned departments and various representatives, were present at the programme.