In line with an official assertion, Chhattisgarh’s chief secretary Amitabh Jain wrote a letter to the Prime Minister’s Workplace (PMO) to repair the date and time of the assembly with PM Modi and talk about points associated to paddy procurement, information company ANI reported.
Written by Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, New Delhi
Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel is prone to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell him in regards to the issues mill employees and farmers of the state are dealing with. Baghel can be accompanied by all members of his cupboard.
In line with an official assertion, Chhattisgarh’s chief secretary Amitabh Jain wrote a letter to the Prime Minister’s Workplace (PMO) to repair the date and time of the assembly with PM Modi and talk about points associated to paddy procurement, information company ANI reported.
In his letter to the PMO, Jain mentioned that as per the Centre’s Decentralised Procurement Scheme and the memorandum of understanding (MoU), paddy is introduced from farmers in the course of the Kharif season.
Within the present Kharif advertising and marketing yr, the Centre has issued directions to acquire 100 per cent (61.65 lakh metric tonne) of arwa rice below the central pool from Chhattisgarh, the letter mentioned. In the meantime, usna rice was additionally taken from the state within the earlier years.
Jain mentioned that due to these above directions, there can be issues in
Chhattisgarh’s 416 usna mills and can have an effect on the livelihood of labourers. There’s additionally a risk of problem in resolving such paddy produced by the farmers of the state, from which solely usna rice will be made, the state chief secretary additional mentioned in his letter to PMO.
Jain additionally identified {that a} enough provide of gunny baggage from the jute commissioner was additionally not being accomplished in time for the procurement of paddy.
In January this yr, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel accused the Centre of decreasing the paddy procurement goal from 60 lakh metric tonne (MT) to 24 lakh MT. Baghel mentioned that it’s the duty of the Centre to acquire its quota of grains from the state on the Minimal Assist Value (MSP) and pay the state accordingly.
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