Badal deputes eight senior IAS officers to monitor paddy procurement

By Punjabnewswire4u

CHANDIGARH, OCT 19

In order to supervise the smooth procurement of paddy across the state in an effective manner, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal has deputed eight senior IAS officers to monitor the entire procurement process.

Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Chief Minister’s Office said that on the directions of Mr. Badal the state Chief Secretary Mr. Rakesh Singh has issued orders accordingly Dr. Roshan Sankaria, IAS has been allotted Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Ludhiana districts, Mr. DK Tiwari has been allotted Sri Muktsar Sahib and Faridkot districts, Mr. Ajit Singh Pannu IAS has been allotted Patiala, Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib and Barnala districts, Mr. Vikas Partap IAS has been allotted SAS Nagar and Rupnagar districts, Mr. VK Sharma IAS has been allotted Ferozepur, Fazilka and Moga districts, Mr. Kahan Singh Pannu IAS has been allotted Bathinda and Mansa districts, Mr. R. Venkatratnam IAS has been allotted Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Pathankot districts whereas MR. SS Bains had been allotted SBS Nagar and Hoshiarpur districts.

The spokesman further said that the Chief Minister had directed these officers to personally visit the grain markets of the different districts allotted to them for monitoring the progress of ongoing paddy procurement in these districts on the daily basis so that this gigantic task could be accomplished in a hassle free, quick and smooth manner. Mr. Badal further said that all out efforts should be made to ensure smooth and prompt procurement of Paddy on one hand and facilitate the farmers in getting timely payment of their produce on the other.   He categorically said that farmers of the state should not be put to any inconvenience for the sale of their produce in the mandis.