A record production of paddy in Bihar has pushed the state govt into undertaking a major procurement drive. The target is to procure about 30 lakh mt paddy during the Kharif season.
The govt has pressed various agencies into service procuring paddy from the farmers. The most remarkable aspect of the exercise is an important role being played by the cooperative organizations in it.
There are nearly 7 thousand Primary Agricultural Societies (PACs) involved in the procurement drive. The work being put in by them has widely been appreciated.
Bihar minister for Food and Supplies Mr Shyam Rajak has expressed satisfaction at the fact that the current procurement drive mainly powered by the cooperatives has already cut the ground from under the middlemen’s feet.