Bihar government's paddy procurement portal launched

Bihar Cooperative Minister Alok Mehta launched a web portal for paddy procurement in Patna on November 5, 2016. Bihar Government will start paddy procurement for this Kharif season from November 15. Farmers, who want to sell their paddy, will have to get them registered in the portal.
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Attain target of paddy procurement, Bihar CM tells officials

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a meeting with the officials of State Food Corporation and cooperative institutions on the paddy procurement in Patna on January 28, 2013. Kumar directed the officials to speed up paddy procurement to attain the target of 30 lakh metric tonnes for the 2012-13 Kharif season.
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