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To ensure smooth procurement of paddy crop, Punjab Mandi Board has notified 1854 purchase centres to ensure hassle-free procurement operations, beginning from October 1, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Friday.
Khudian, along with Punjab Mandi Board Chairman Harchand Singh Barsat and Special Chief Secretary KAP Sinha, held threadbare deliberations with the representatives of Arthiya Associations and Mandi Mazdoor Unions here at Kisan Bhawan to address their demands and issues being faced. He assured them that the Punjab Government would consider their all legitimate demands sympathetically and their interests would not get hampered.
The Agriculture Minister informed that the state government has already revised the labour rates for the grain market workers by increasing them by 1.04% as per the consumer price index on September 20.
Apart from notifying the purchase centres, the Agriculture Minister said that all the arrangements have been made at grain markets for the farmers and labourers. He emphasised that the government will not let the farmers face any hardships.
He also urged the farmers to bring the fully ripened crop to the mandis so that they do not have to face any problems in selling their crop.
1854 purchase centres for paddy procurement in Punjab: Mandi Board
Saturday, 30 September 2023 | PNS
| Chandigarh
1854 purchase centres for paddy procurement in Punjab: Mandi Board
Saturday, 30 September 2023 | PNS | Chandigarh
