District administration of Sambalpur has decided to introduce E-banking or net banking facilities while making payment to the farmers during paddy procurement in the current season. Administration believes the payment of paddy price would be easier and faster through this innovative system. To avail the facility, farmers are advised to give their banking accounts detail to the concern officials at market yard while selling their produce. The collector (Sambalpur) Hemant Kumar Dash said that money will be placed in the bank account of the respective farmers with in 24 hours of the selling.
“To make transparency in the payment of minimum support price (MSP) to the farmers we decided to avail the net banking facility from the current paddy procurement session which will begin from 15th of the month. Government has fixed a target 3.75 lakhs MT of paddy to be collected from Sambalpur district. But the target is flexible looking to the availability of the paddy in the district.” the collector (Sambalpur) HK Dash said while talking to TOI on Tuesday.
Sources said, Sambalpur district has identified 47 centers that include societies and market yards, which will be utilized to collect paddy from the farmers. “Since selling of paddy will be done at the market yards and societies, farmers are advised not to take paddy to the rice-mills directly. I have instructed my officers to ensure that farmers should get proper price of their produces”, Dash said.
On the other hand the collector has assured to improve the infrastructure available in the market yards to make the paddy selling smoother and easier. “I have requested the civil supply minister Sarada Prasanna Nayak during his visit to Sambalpur to improve the infrastructures available in the markets yards. We hoped government will take immediate step to do the needful”, Collector said. However he agreed that more than 50 % of crop has been damaged in various places of the district due to low rainfall and unseasonal rain.
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