Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said a policy is being formulated to shift government warehouses outside the cities.
He also announced the extension of the Vivadon ka Samadhan Yojana for one year to settle the ongoing disputes related to shops in mandis. He said that the state government has already announced to give 1.25 percent handling charges to the arhtiyas on the purchase of crops done by NAFED. “If still there is any difficulty, this decision will be implemented after taking up the matter with NAFED. The handling charges will definitely be given to the arhtiyas,” he added.
Addressing the Vyapari Sammelan virtually organized in Kaithal, the Chief Minister said the upcoming policy would have provision of the construction and repair of boundary walls, sheds, gates and cleaning arrangements, etc., in vegetable markets across the state.
Under this, a committee will be formed with arhtiyas as part of it. Some amount will be made available to the committee from the market fees so that the committee can get the works of the market done at its own level, he added.
Khattar said that the market fee and HRDF rate to be charged in vegetable markets across the state will now be fixed outright. The bill to amend the rules related to this has been passed by the Vidhan Sabha. At present, the rate of two percent market fee and two percent HRDF is applicable. Considering the demand of the arhtiyas, the government has decided to do it outright, he added.