To facilitate supply of high quality fertilisers and agro-chemicals to farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday constituted an eight-member committee under the chairmanship of Financial Commissioner Development (FCD).
The committee has been entrusted with the task of not only regulate, but also ensuring the supply of high quality fertilisers, agro-chemicals and pesticides of national and multi-national companies to farmers through the village cooperative societies across the State. Punjab State Farmers’ Commission chairman Dr GS Kalkat would be a member of the committee along with Financial Commissioner Cooperation, ludhiana’s Punjab Agricultural University’s vice-chancellor, Secretary, Expenditure, Markfed managing director and Agriculture director. Besides, Registrar, Cooperative Societies would be the member-convener of the committee.
The committee, after assessing the demand of farmers with regard to fertilisers and agro-chemicals, has been mandated to give its recommendations to the Chief Minister for his approval relating to the supply of best quality agro-chemicals and pesticides to the farmers through cooperative societies, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office said.