BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Krushak
Mahasangha (OKM) welcomed the Central Government’s decision to pay subsidy on
food in the accounts of BPL beneficiaries from April 2014. The Mahasangha also
hailed the decision to pay subsidy price on fertiliser and petroleum products
in the accounts of the beneficiaries.
The OKM members said that they
had been demanding before the Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Minister of
Agriculture to pay subsidy money in the account of beneficiaries. Political
leaders like Baijayant Panda and Bhupinder Singh had also raised their voice in
favour of the scheme, the members added.
OKM president Bibhudhendra Pratap
Das said the farmers would get benefit out of the new policy as they were
facing the problem of distress sale of paddy every year due to black marketing
of subsidised rice. “Most of the dealers were selling the subsidised rice in
cheap rate in the market, for which reason, the rice millers and dealers were
not purchasing rice as a result farmers were facing a lot of problem regarding the
distress sale of paddy,” said Das, adding, “The new policy would bring
transparency.”
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