Punjab News:Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak initiates paddy procurement from Batala Grain Market
Punjab News:Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak initiates paddy procurement from Batala Grain Market
Punjab Government has successfully conducted procurement of crops during the last 9 seasons, this season will also be successful – Lal Chand Kataruchak
Rs. 42,786 crore CCL approved for Punjab before paddy procurement season
Says, Every single grain of farmers’ crop will be procured
The Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister, Punjab, Sh. Lal Chand Kataruchak today visited the holy land of Batala and formally inaugurated the government procurement of paddy at the Grain Market.
He initiated the procurement of the produce brought by Gurpreet Singh of village Dulat and Prabhjot Kaur.
On this occasion, Rajnish Kumari Deputy Director, Food & Supplies Department Punjab, Sarangpreet Singh Aujla SDM Batala, Manik Mehta Chairman Market Committee Batala, Chairman Ravinder Singh, Amanjit Singh DFSC Gurdaspur, President Manbir Singh Randhawa, President Gurvinder Singh Jolly, Kuljit Singh District Mandi Officer and other officers of concerned departments were present.
Cabinet Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak said that the Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has successfully conducted the procurement the last 9 seasons and this season will also be completed successfully.
He said that the government will ensure smooth and hassle-free procurement of every grain of the farmers’ crop. He also appealed to the farmers to bring dried produce to the mandis so that they do not face any difficulty.
The Minister further informed that before the upcoming paddy procurement season starting from 1st October in the state, a major relief has been given to the state of Punjab in the form of approval of a Cash Credit Limit (CCL) of Rs. 42,786.68 crore for the month of October. He said that with the approval of CCL, immediate and smooth payment to the farmers for the paddy procured by the state government will be ensured.
The Cabinet Minister also said that the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has also received the required gunny bags for packing the paddy brought by farmers to the mandis and the state has been given a target of procuring 180 lakh metric tonnes of paddy for the season 2026-27. He said that the State Government will procure the farmers’ crop at the rate of Rs. 2461 per quintal. To run the procurement operations smoothly, 1887 mandis have been notified so far and more mandis will be made operational as per requirement.
He said that the State Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is committed to procuring every single grain produced so labourously by the farmers. Proper arrangements for clean drinking water etc. have been ensured for the labourers engaged in unloading and packing work in the mandis, added Mr. Kataruchak.
On this occasion, he also met the commission agents and farmers and assured them that they will not be allowed to face any difficulty in the mandis. Afterwards, he held a meeting with the concerned procurement agencies including DFSC and gave necessary directions for smooth conduct of procurement operations.
On this occasion, Manik Mehta, Chairman Market Committee Batala and his entire team also felicitated Cabinet Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak.