Patiala News:Farmers who came to the markets to sell paddy are happy with the arrangements made by the Bhagwant Mann government – Lal Chand Kataruchak
-Food Supply Minister reviews paddy procurement in Patiala grain market
-Said, Bhagwant Mann government is fully committed to purchasing every grain of the crop grown with the blood and sweat of farmers
-Farmers should not burn paddy stubble and bring only dry paddy to the markets – Kataruchak
Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak has said that farmers who had come to sell their paddy crop in the mandis of Punjab are returning home happy. While reviewing the procurement of paddy at the grain market located on Sirhind Road in Patiala today, Lal Chand Kataruchak said that the Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has made elaborate arrangements for the procurement of paddy in the mandis. He said that just as 9 seasons have passed very well in the last four and a half years, this 10th procurement season will also be conducted smoothly, without any hindrance and successfully.
Speaking informally to the media on this occasion, the Cabinet Minister said that he informed that there are sufficient arrangements for the Central Cash Credit Limit (CCL) of Rs 42786.68 crore, Bardana and he himself is going to the markets and along with this, the officials are also continuously reviewing the arrangements. He said that till now 6.23 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has reached the markets and out of this 5.70 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been purchased and the price of the purchased crop as per MSP Rs 781 crore has been deposited in the accounts of the farmers.
Lal Chand Kataruchak said that the state is moving towards meeting the target of 180 lakh metric tonnes of paddy procurement for the central pool. He said that prompt and smooth payment of the purchased goods of farmers is being ensured in all notified 1887 mandis and due to the arrangements of the government, the old myth of farmers celebrating Dussehra and Diwali festivals in the mandis has also been broken.
Lal Chand Kataruchak, while interacting with the farmers and arhtiyas on this occasion, reiterated that the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is fully committed to purchasing every single grain of the crop grown by the farmers with their blood and sweat. He said that the state government is also protecting the interests of the farmers as well as the arhtiyas and laborers. He also said that strong arrangements have been made to stop the arrival of paddy from outside states.
The Minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs said that the wheat and paddy procurement season is a very big season and more than half of Punjab is associated with it, therefore it is the priority of the Punjab government that the farmers leave the markets happy and prepare for their next crop. He said that the paddy procurement season is to last till mid-November, therefore the farmers should bring their crop to the markets only after drying it and as per the teachings of our gurus, do not burn the stubble to save the environment.
On this occasion, ADC (Rural Development) Damanjit Singh Mann, Chairman of Market Committee Ashok Sirswal, Deputy Director of Food Supply Department Navreet Kaur, District Food and Civil Supplies Controller Ravinder Kaur, District Mandi Officer Aslam Mohammad, Market Committee Secretary Johnny Garg, DMs of procurement agencies, President of Aartiya Association New Grain Market Eng. Satwinder Singh Saini, Naresh Mittal Bhola, Vijay Garg, Gurnam Singh Lachkani, Charan Das Goyal, Khardaman Rai Gupta, Davinder Kumar Bagga, Tirath Bansal, Hardev Singh Nandpur Kesho, Karam Chand, Vishwa Goyal Kaku, Pargat Singh Jahlan, Paramjit Singh Mirzapur, Randhir Singh Nalina, Rattan Goyal and farmers who came to sell the crop were also present.