IEP Chandigarh

Haryana additional Chief Secretary (Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department) Dr Sumita Misra on Wednesday asked the concerned officers to ensure smooth hassle-free crop procurement during the upcoming Kharif Marketing Season-2023-24.

She presided over a review meeting with senior officials of various institutions and departments including Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (Hafed), Food Corporation of India, Haryana State Warehousing Corporation, Panchkula, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, E Kharid and Meri Fasal Mera Board regarding the procurement operations for the upcoming Kharif Marketing Season-2023-24.

Dr Misra instructed the concerned officers to make adequate arrangements for the same and ensure that no farmers face any problem in selling their crops in the mandis. In the meeting, the issues related to the adoption of mechanized procurement operations, borrowing at low interest rates, reduction in the cost of procurement operations, adoption of new technologies and quality control systems, promotion of coarse grains, bagging requirements, online settlement of food subsidy claims among others were discussed and it was suggested that such innovations should be encouraged.