{"id":53768,"date":"2025-11-27T05:07:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/?p=53768"},"modified":"2025-11-27T05:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:07:53","slug":"fci-to-procure-over-8-lakh-metric-tons-of-rice-from-odisha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/fci-to-procure-over-8-lakh-metric-tons-of-rice-from-odisha\/","title":{"rendered":"FCI to Procure Over 8 Lakh Metric Tons of Rice from Odisha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"599\">Bhubaneswar: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has decided to procure more than <strong data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"265\">8 lakh metric tons of rice<\/strong> from Odisha, taking the total procurement from the state to <strong data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"349\">58 lakh metric tons<\/strong>. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in a letter to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution Prahlad Joshi, highlighted the move, stating that this step will strengthen the economic condition of farmers in Odisha.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"997\">On August 4, representatives of the <strong data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"676\">All Odisha Rice Millers Association<\/strong> met Union Minister Joshi to discuss this matter and also submitted a formal letter. The procurement target for the <strong data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"807\">Kharif crop<\/strong> has been increased from <strong data-start=\"832\" data-end=\"878\">40 lakh metric tons to 47 lakh metric tons<\/strong>, while the target for the <strong data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"918\">Rabi crop<\/strong> has been revised upward from <strong data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"994\">10 lakh metric tons to 11 lakh metric tons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"999\" data-end=\"1300\">Minister Pradhan expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister Joshi for supporting the initiative. He emphasized that the government always prioritizes the welfare of farmers and that the decision to increase rice procurement will significantly enhance their financial stability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1627\">Responding to Minister Pradhan\u2019s letter, Minister Joshi confirmed that the FCI will procure an additional <strong data-start=\"1408\" data-end=\"1450\">8 lakh metric tons of rice from Odisha<\/strong>, ensuring a total procurement of <strong data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1507\">58 lakh metric tons<\/strong>. He reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to protecting the interests of Odisha\u2019s farmers and boosting their income.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1855\">This timely decision by the Modi government is expected to not only strengthen the state\u2019s economy but also provide much-needed support to farmers during the Kharif and Rabi seasons, ensuring better prices for their produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has decided to procure more than 8 lakh metric tons of rice from Odisha, taking the total procurement from the state to 58 lakh metric tons. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in a letter to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution Prahlad Joshi, highlighted the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[125,124,116,127,122,128,121,119,126,115,117,118,120,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-53768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-states","8":"tag-agriculture-news","9":"tag-all-odisha-rice-millers-association","10":"tag-dharmendra-pradhan","11":"tag-farmer-welfare","12":"tag-food-security","13":"tag-government-procurement","14":"tag-indian-farmers","15":"tag-kharif-crop","16":"tag-odisha-economy","17":"tag-odisha-rice-procurement","18":"tag-prahlad-joshi","19":"tag-prime-minister-narendra-modi","20":"tag-rabi-crop","21":"tag-rice-purchase"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vcv-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53770,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53768\/revisions\/53770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}