Bhubaneswar: In the case of Minimal Assist Worth (MSP) in Odisha, the ruling BJD goes with weapons blazing on the Centre (be it UPA or NDA), however turns coy in terms of biting the bullet. For which, practically 48 per cent of the farmers in State are disadvantaged of MSP profit within the State.
Not like within the States of Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Kerala and Haryana the place a majority of farmers avail the Minimal Assist Worth (MSP) for his or her paddy, the state of affairs shouldn’t be rosy for his or her counterparts in Odisha.
That is so regardless of Odisha having joined the Decentralised Procurement (DCP) system a decade again to make MSP accessible to all small and marginal paddy farmers within the State.
Pattern The Evaluation Outcomes.
States like Punjab and Haryana procure round 89 per cent and 85 per cent, respectively, of their rice manufacturing for the triennium ending 2018-19. Chhattisgarh procured over 57 per cent of the entire rice produced within the State throughout the identical interval. (see the picture under)
However Odisha may procure mere 49 per cent of the entire rice produced within the State throughout the triennium ending 2018-19. The figures for the 12 months 2019-20 stood at over 53 per cent.
Regardless of Telangana not figuring within the top-5 rice-producing states within the nation, the share of procurement to manufacturing there stood at round 62 per cent for the triennium ending 2018-19.
Furthermore, the blip in Odisha’s case is when the variety of farmers benefitted from the procurement appeared into; the State’s shows a really non-consistent strategy.
Contemplate the next.
ODISHA VS CHHATTISGARH
ODISHA: Within the 12 months 2015-16, the variety of farmers who availed the paddy procurement at MSP stood at 10.78 lakh.
In 2016-17, the quantity rose to over 11lakh.
In 2017-18: The variety of farmers tumbled all the way down to 7.98lakh.
In 2018-19: The overall farmers who availed the MSP stood at 10.1 lakh.
In 2019-20: The overall rely stood at round 10 lakh solely.
CHHATTISGARH: In 2015-16 variety of farmers who had availed MSP was at over 11 lakh.
In 2016-17, the rely of the farmers posted a pointy rise to over 13 lakh.
In 2017-18, the quantity dropped to round 10 lakh.
In 2018-19, complete farmers benefitted from MSP posted a pointy leap to over 15 lakh.
In 2019-20, the rely rose exponentially to a whopping over 18 lakh farmers.
REASON BEHIND HARE & TORTOISE GROWTH
The Odisha authorities does numerous tune and dance over MSP and by no means considered biting the bullet. It retains on concentrating on the Centre (guess it UPA or NDA) to bear the MSP price by climbing the MSP when it’s well-known that Centre won’t ever accomplish that because it takes into consideration indices just like the buffer inventory surplus.
In distinction, the Chhattisgarh authorities (earlier BJP and now Congress) had given a bonus to the farmers over and above the MSP. The stupendous rise in 2019-20 had been attributed to Congress authorities’s ballot sop bonus of Rs 700 per quintal.
The Excessive procurement in Telangana was additionally being attributed to a bonus given by KCR authorities over and above the MSP.
PUNJAB-HARYANA MODEL
Although Punjab and Haryana didn’t give any incentive for procuring paddy or wheat, the procurement equipment has a really deeper outreach as towards Odisha.
Procurement centres mushroomed even on the village stage there reveals a examine report by CACP.
In distinction, the CACP report says because of the lack of procurement centres on the village stage, fewer farmers are availing the MSP in Odisha vis-à-vis different states.
GAPING HOLES IN ODISHA PROCUREMENT
Considerably, the prime goal behind the DCP (De-centralised Procurement) scheme is to cowl extra farmers beneath the MSP of the Centre with the expectation that the State Authorities by way of its procurement centres wants to obtain rice from surplus districts thereby stopping farmers from promoting their produce under the MSP there– the place there may be each chance of a value crash.
Nevertheless, knowledge means that quite the opposite, the variety of procurement centres is woefully insufficient within the rice surplus districts of Koraput and Bargarh.
