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Odisha Dy CM urges Centre to raise rice procurement target, extend delivery period

Bhubaneswar, Oct 14 (UNI) Odisha Deputy Chief Minister K.V. Singh Deo has urged union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi to enhance the state’s procurement target of Custom Milled Rice (CMR) and extend its delivery period under the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024–25.
During his visit to New Delhi, Singh Deo called on the union Minister and sought his intervention for revising the CMR procurement target fixed by the Government of India at 50 lakh metric tonnes (LMT), noting that the actual resultant CMR from paddy in Odisha stands at 62.54 LMT.
He also requested an extension of the CMR delivery deadline from October 31, 2025, to December 31, 2025.
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