Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal was presented with a cheque of Rs 2,14,79,250 by Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC) towards Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, here on Wednesday.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister applauded the performance of Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC) and said that it should continue to make such efforts so as to ensure the scientific storage of food grains in the state.
He said that farmers do a lot of hard work in growing food grains and safeguarding their interest is the priority of the Government. First time in the history of independent India, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi announced significant rise of more than 50 per cent in Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops and also ensured fixing of formula for MSP of crops, he said.
The Chief Minister was apprised that for the year 2016-17, the turnover of Haryana State Warehousing Corporation was Rs 3199.78 crore.
It was informed that the HSWC has been declared as the nodal agency for the construction of steel silos with 6.50 Lakh metric tons capacity at 10 locations in Haryana. Besides this, the corporation is operating 111 warehouses at various locations in the state with a storage capacity of 20.92 lakh metric tons with utilization of 106 per cent.
Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, OP Dhankar, Chairman HSWC, Shriniwas Goyal and senior officers were present on the occasion.