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NOD to arrange good quality used gunny bags from Arhtiyas:CM

Chandigarh, Apr 18 (UNI) With a view to ensure unhindered procurement process during the ongoing Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2021-22, the Punjab Government has approved the packaging of wheat in good quality used gunny bags provided by Arhtiyas. This would ensure that there is no shortage of gunny bags in any Mandi of Punjab. Herein it may be noted that the arrival of wheat in Mandis has increased to 8 LMT per day and there is a nationwide shortage of new gunny bags and new PP bags for storage of the procured wheat.
Giving further details, a spokesperson for the State Government stated that CM reviewed the status of procurement with senior officials. Regarding the issue of slow pace of purchase in the border districts of Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran and Ferozepur, it was explained that the grain of wheat in these areas is shriveled and accordingly there is a relaxation in procurement specifications required from Government of India before it can be purchased. Government of Punjab has, on 16th April, already written to Government of India to grant immediate relaxation in the uniform specifications of wheat in respect of shriveled and broken grains upto 11 percent and luster loss upto 10 percent in the districts of Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Fazilka without any value cut. However the reply from Government of India is still awaited. Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh directed the Food & Supplies Minister and the Principal Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies to immediately resolve the matter by pursuing it with their counterparts in Government of India.
Notably, in the joint analysis of wheat samples in FCI district Amritsar (Revenue District Amritsar and Tarn Taran) conducted by FCI and State procurement agencies, luster loss upto 5 percent and shriveled and broken grains upto 11 percent have been found in a few mandis of these districts which is more than the prescribed limit. Likewise, in case of Fazilka the percentage of shriveled and broken grains has been found upto 9.9 percent which is in excess of the prescribed limit of 6 percent.
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