Millers of Bargarh have provided wrong information regarding milling capacity of their mills to the government revealed an activist from Sambalpur while complaining to the State government.
The rice millers of Bargarh district have mentioned excess milling capacity than the real milling capacity of their mills while registering online to avail custom milling allotment. The millers are availing excess quantity of paddy for custom milling from the Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. The role of Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation in distribution of paddy for custom milling is doubtful. Apart from complaining about the above the activist has also provided the list of 105 rice mills involved in the rice procurement procedure in the district. He has provided detail with the original capacity of the mills and the capacity mentioned while registering online. The state government has given ordered to investigate after receiving the complaint.
According to the information, Niranjan Nayak, Managing Director, Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation has written to the district collector vide letter no 7065 on 22 April 2016 to investigate about the matter.
Papers of 40 mills are okayed and have provided right information; ANANT AGRO INDUSTRIES (M030339), GEETANJALI FOOD PRODUCTS (M030406), GHANTESWARI RICE MILL PVT. LTD. (M030233), GODAVARI FOOD PRODUCTS (M030327), Gopalji Food Products (M031105), JAYSHREE JEENMATA PADDY PROCESSORS (M030341), KALESWAR RICE MILL (M030605), KANSAL FOOD PRODUCTS (M030319), KARTAR FOODS (M031204), KONARK RICE MILL (M030301), LATH INDUSTRIES (M030336), LATH RICE PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. (M030330), M/S MAA THAKURDEI RICE MILL (M030345), MAA KALAWATI RICE MILL (M030410), MAA SAMALESWARI FOOD PRODUCTS PVT LTD (M030314), MAA SANTOSHI RICE MILL (M030337), MAHARAJA FOOD PRODUCTS (M030302), MAHIMA RICE INDUSTRIES (M030315), NAMO NARAYAN FOOD PRODUCTS M030346), NAVDANYA FOODS PVT LTD (M030320), NEELAM INDUSTRIES (M030213), OM FOOD PRODUCTS (M030324), ORIENTAL RICE MILL (P) LTD (M030333), SAGAR FOOD PRODUCT (M030405), SARANGI RICE HULLER (M030307), SHREE SHYAMJI INDUSTRIES (M030318), SRI SRINIVASA MINI RICE MILL( M030335), SRI RAM FOODS & BEVERAGES (M030325), SRI VENKATESWAR INDUSTRIES (M030232), SRILAXMI RICE MILL (M030203), SUBARNA FOOD PRODUCTS (M031203), Uma Shankar Food Products (M030340), UNNATI AGRO (M031104), UTKAL INDUSTRIES (M030323), UTKAL RICE AND FLOUR MILLS (M031101), VIJAY LAXMI RICE MILLS (P) LTD. (M030214), VINAYAK FOOD PRODUCT (M030408), SRI JYOTHI RICE INDUSTRIES (M030210), Shree Shyam Sunder Paddy Processing Mill (P) Ltd. (M030311), VISHNU RICE MILL PVT. LTD. (M030402).
Whereas, 9 millers; JINDAL RICE MILL PRIVATE LIMITED (M030313), OM RAMCHANDI RICE MILL PVT. LTD. (M030502), SARADA RICE MILL, PAHARSIRGIDA (M030207), SHREE BINAYAK RICE MILL (M031201), SHREE HANUMAN FOOD PRODUCTS (M031005), SHREE MAHALAXMI RICE INDUSTRIES (M030404), SHREE NARSINGH FOOD PRODUCT (M030306), SRI LAXMI HI-TECH FOOD PRODUCTS (M030204), UMASHANKAR RICE MILL (M030602); have registered with lower capacity than their original capacity.
The remaining 56 rice mills have shown higher capacity than their original capacity. The government is also allotting them according to the provided custom milling capacity. When a rice mill is included in the custom rice milling procedure, a physical verification procedure is carried out to check it. But in Bargarh district perhaps that has not been followed.