PTI

Chandigarh, April 13

Central groups arrived in Punjab on Wednesday to evaluate the state of affairs of shrivelled wheat grains, and are more likely to submit their studies on Thursday.

The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday welcomed the Centre’s determination of forming groups to evaluate shrivelled wheat grains to be able to reset procurement norms for the present season.

The Centre on Tuesday introduced the organising of 5 groups to evaluate the extent of shrivelled grains due to the early onset of warmth wave. The data collected by the evaluation groups will assist the federal government in taking a choice on grant of applicable rest within the procurement course of.

A spokesperson of the chief minister’s workplace mentioned the secretary, meals, civil provides and shopper affairs, briefed the Cabinet concerning the standing of the continuing procurement.

In a gathering chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday, the council of ministers urged the Union authorities to announce rest in procurement norms on the earliest.

The Cabinet additionally requested the central authorities to permit rest within the norms of shrivelled grains with none worth minimize, because the farmers have already been penalised on account of decrease yield.

A complete of 14.9 lakh metric tonnes of wheat have arrived in mandis, out of which greater than 12 lakh MT has already been bought. More than 2 lakh MT of wheat, out of 5 Lakh MT that arrived on Tuesday, was bought on the day of arrival itself, mentioned the spokesperson.

Earlier, the state had requested the Union authorities to revisit the norms for the continuing wheat procurement.

The central authorities permits solely six per cent of shrivelled grain within the wheat procurement, whereas the share of broken crop is way larger in lots of elements of the state.

Meanwhile, Punjab’s meals and civil provides minister Lal Chand Kataruchak on Wednesday mentioned the central groups have arrived within the state and their studies are anticipated to be submitted on Thursday.

The state procurement companies have been directed to increase all doable cooperation to those groups in order that they can submit their report on the earliest, he added.

The minister additional mentioned that following a gathering with senior officers of the division, the joint coordination committee of the procurement workers withdrew their strike name and the procurement course of continued throughout the state.

The procurement workers had introduced occurring a strike from Wednesday. They have been demanding rest in wheat procurement norms whereas stating that in any other case the Food Corporation of India would reject the crop bought from farmers within the state.