In a bid to ensure smooth and orderly paddy procurement for the 2025-26 Kharif marketing season, Odisha’s Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja chaired a high-level committee meeting on November 21 at the Lok Seva Bhawan conference hall.

The meeting focused on coordinating efforts among relevant departments and district collectors to streamline the process, emphasising the need for systematic operations to benefit genuine farmers.

Key officials in attendance included Principal Secretary of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Sanjay Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary of Finance Sanjeev Kumar Mishra, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Cooperation Rajesh Prabhakar Patil, Managing Director of Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation K. Sudarshan Chakravarthy, Director of Agriculture Shubham Saxena, and represe

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