Paddy Procurement Gaps and the Price of Delay
Delays and disruptions in paddy procurement across Odisha have once again brought into focus the persistent gap between policy intent and field-level execution. Even as the state reiterates its commitment to ensuring remunerative prices for farmers through the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism, reports of delayed procurement, token system inefficiencies, and distress sales indicate that […]
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