Overview
- The state government announced the deadline change on Sunday, moving the cut-off from August 31 to September 7 in response to heavy rain, river flooding and online server problems.
- Food Supplies Minister KC Patra said more than 17 lakh farmers have registered so far, a figure below last year’s roughly 23 lakh benchmark.
- The government says it has engaged a technical team to fix registration and e-KYC glitches that blocked some enrolments.
- The Biju Janata Dal has called the one-month window too short, accused officials of starting the exercise late and demanded an extension to September 20 while raising unresolved sharecropper and e-KYC access issues.
- Farmers already protesting over registration, token, mandi and payment problems could escalate action if the state does not resolve digital barriers and the promised sharecropper app remains unavailable.