Moga, February 4 (Doaba News Service)- Rice traders in the state have been importing raw rice of poor quality from outside states and mixing it with locally produced rice, the milling of which is in progress these days. It’s strange that this is being done at a time when the state already has a buffer stock of rice over 80 lakh metric tonnes and paddy 95 lakh metric tonnes under the milling process in the state. But rice millers are allegedly mixing quantities of low-priced rice grains imported from other states with FCI stocks and selling the better rice in the open market at higher prices. The entire procurement of paddy in Punjab is sent to private millers for cleaning, shelling and polishing of grains. Millers return the finished product back to the FCI for the central pool. It is learnt that during the past two months, after the rice milling process began in the state, raw rice of various varieties worth crores of rupees is being imported from other states like Bihar, UP, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka by rice millers/traders, the maximum quantities of which are mixed in locally milled rice, and is being given to FCI stocks. This practice is going on particularly in ...
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Bathinda, January 24 (DNS)- The Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, has allotted a budget to the tune of Rs 2,28,59,136 for giving a package to rural veterinary medical officers (veterinary doctors) working under zila parishads in all 20 districts of the state, for January and February. At present, 419 veterinary doctors have been working in the rural veterinary dispensaries throughout the state. As per the allotment of the budget, Rs 17.68 lakh has been allotted to Amritsar district for 34 veterinary doctors. Likewise, Rs 14.56 lakh has been allotted to Bathinda district for 28 veterinary doctors. The amount of budget allotted to other districts is- Rs 16.34 lakh for 32 veterinary doctors of Gurdaspur district, Rs 10.12 lakh for 21 veterinary doctors of Patiala district, Rs 15.39 lakh for 24 veterinary doctors of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Rs 8.32 lakh for 16 veterinary doctors of Moga district, Rs 16.64 lakh for 32 veterinary doctors of Sangrur district, Rs 14.04 lakh for 27 veterinary doctors of Ludhiana district, Rs 5.72 lakh for 11 veterinary doctors of Faridkot district, Rs 3.64 lakh for seven veterinary doctors of Barnala district and Rs 19.24 lakh ...
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