By Punjabnewswire4u
Chandigarh, Dec 10
Taking cognizance of the news reports in a section of press regarding the
annulment of Market Fee waiver on the Basmati variety of Paddy
by the Punjab Mandi Board for the purpose of processing in the state, the
Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today categorically said that the
state government had already waived the market fee/ Rural Development fee and
there was no question of backtracking on this decision.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief
Minister’s Office said that, Mr. Badal asked the Financial Commissioner
Development (FCD) Mr. Suresh Kumar to enquire into the entire matter and
accordingly fix the responsibility of the concerned officer/ official involved
for this lapse. He directed the FCD to immediately issue instructions to all
the market committees to ensure strict compliance of the decision in the right
earnest.
It may be recalled that the Chief Minister had taken this
path breaking initiative to give impetus to the Basmati cultivation and
its export as a part of state’s ambitious crop diversification program and on September
14 this year the Punjab Government had already issued notification for waiving
off the Rural Development Fee (RDF) and Market Fee on the Basmati variety
of Paddy for the purpose of processing in the state.
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