Writes letter to Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, October 1-
Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday sought the kind intervention of Union consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister to accept the genuine demands of the millers.
In a letter to the Union Minister, Mann said that generally FCI receives milled rice by March 31 but during KMS 2023-24, FCI could not provide space for the milled rice and so the delivery period had to be extended upto September 30, 2024. The Chief Minister said that under these circumstances, millers of Punjab are reluctant to lift and store paddy which will be coming to the Mandis during KMS 2024-25. He said that the millers have been emphasising that it is necessary that every month at least 20 lakh MT of rice/wheat is shifted out of Punjab from COVERED STORAGE.
The Chief Minister said that as food godowns all over the country are full and so Government of India will have to come out with some strategic solutions.