Inform farmers two days before discontinuing the purchase of cotton

December 17 2020

Khandwa Collector instructed the Secretary of Agricultural Produce Market and the officials of Cotton Corporation of India that whenever the purchase of cotton in the mandi is stopped, farmers must be informed two days before that. Cotton should be purchased at the support price only after the confirmation.  

Collector Shri Anay Dwivedi instructed the Secretary of Agricultural Produce Market and the officials of Cotton Corporation of India to buy cotton from the cotton growing farmers in the Mandi in the last meeting held in the Collectorate meeting and whenever the cotton should be discontinued, The farmers must be informed the day before, so that the farmers do not come to the market with cotton during that period. This information should be given to the farmers through the notice board of the mandi as well as newspapers and other means of communication. Not only this, he also said that before closing the cotton purchase, the farmers who are queuing up for the sale of cotton should be closed only after completing the purchase.

Collector Shri Dwivedi told the officials that the facility of support price is for the farmers, so it should be ensured that the traders do not take advantage of this facility. After verifying the documents from the farmers, land rights loan book, Aadhaar Card, Composite ID etc. Cotton should be purchased at the support price itself. You have made a committee of officers of the SDO, Tehsildar and Mandi of the Agriculture Department and after giving inquiry in the next two days, instructed to report that no trader s cotton has been purchased yet. He also asked for the duty of officers of the Department of Agriculture to check the quality of the cotton coming up for sale in Mandi i.e. the level of FAQ. The cotton of the first coming farmer should be purchased first and the order should be followed. In the meeting, the CEO of the District Panchayat, Mr. Roshan Kumar Singh, Additional Collector, Mrs. Nanda Bhalave Kushre, SDM Harsud Dr.

 

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Source: Krishak Jagat