Punjab Government on Friday cautioned people regarding fraud in the name of Kisan Call Centre and other fake Government offices and institutes.
Conveying this message, State Agriculture director Mangal Singh Sandhu said that if anyone received a call from any company or agency regarding jobs and demands money for security deposit or laptops, then the matter should be immediately informed to Chief Agriculture Officer of the district concerned as well as the police.
Sandhu suggested that before applying or depositing money against any vacancy, everyone is required to personally seek advice and authenticate the details with respective Government departments.
For information, applicant or person can contact Directorate Agriculture during working hours — between 9 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday — on phone numbers 0172-5000091, 2601864, he added.
“In Punjab, the State Kisan Call Centre is run by Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative limited (IFFCO)-Kisan Sanchar limited (IKSl) and the Central Government has recogniSed IKSl to recruit manpower in Kisan Call Centre,” he said.