Punjab forms potato development board

In a bid to improve the quality of potato crop and ensure its better marketing mechanism, the Punjab government constituted an 11-member Potato Development Board under the chairmanship of the chief minister. The board would also review the prospects of potato crop from time to time and give recommendations to improve its quality and devising ways and means for its storage.

Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of chief minister’s office said that the agriculture minister would be the vice-chairman of the board. The official members of the board would comprise: Financial Commissioner Development, Vice Chancellor Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana or his representative, Managing Director Markfed, Managing Director Punjab Agri-Export Corporation, Director Potato Research Centre Jalandhar, Director Horticulture besides three non official members Sukhjit Singh Bhatti President POSCON, Raghvir Singh, President Jalandhar Potato growers Association and Jang Bahadur Singh Sangha.