Paswan holds meeting on wheat procurement in Punjab, Haryana

Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan Saturday held a joint meeting of Food Corporation of India officers of Punjab and Haryana regions in connection with rabi marketing season 2019-20, at Zirakpur in Mohali.

During the meeting, the officers of FCI Punjab informed that a target of 130 lakh tonne of wheat procurement was set for rabi marketing season 2019-20, said an official release.

Officers of FCI Haryana said 85 lakh tonne of crop will be procured in the marketing season.

In the meeting, discussions were also held on procurement arrangements like setting up of mandis, purchase centres, gunny bags, storage space, evacuation of food grain stocks by rail as well as road movement, the release further said.

Arshdeep Singh Thind, General Manager, FCI Punjab Region, andOm Prakash, General Manager, FCI Haryana Region, and other senior officers of the FCI attended the meeting, it further said.