Stringent action against defaulters of CMR, warns T'gana

Telangana Commissioner of Civil Supplies, C V Anand today warned that cases will be filed under the stringent Preventive Detention (PD) Act against the rice millers who failed to deliver arrears of CMR.
Anand, who convened a meeting today with the Managers of Civil Supplies Corporation and defaulters of custom milled rice (CMR), informed that 21 rice millers of Warangal, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar and Adilabad districts are yet to deliver 6000 MTs of CMR worth of Rs 17 crores against 2015-16.
According to an official release, the Commissioner of Civil Supplies directed the millers to deliver arrears of CMR against the crop year 2015-16 immediately failing which cases under Preventive Detention Act will be filed.

He has also stated that out of CMR dues of Rs 482 crores, already amount of Rs 465 crores (99 per cent) was realised and instructions were issued to the officials to realise the balance amount of Rs 17 crores.
He also cautioned that each and every paisa due from the millers to Government will be recovered without sparing anybody and if any miller failed to co-operate with the Government, stringent action will be initiated for recovery under Revenue Recovery Act (RR Act) and filing PD Cases as per law.
He informed that 100 per cent of CMR will be collected from this year onwards without any arrears.

"The reason for getting back CMR on time is very important. The state government and Civil Supplies Department pays farmers upfront in the form of Rs 1510 per quintal on MSP. This paddy is handed over to the millers to be converted into rice for use in the PDS programme. The expenditure in thousands of crores towards payment to farmers is met from the cash credit of SBI/other Banks and is reimbursed quarterly by the Government of India," he said.
There is a monthly interest of 11 per cent to be paid by the Civil Supplies Corporation. Therefore the delay in giving CMR to the department increases the interest burden manifold, Anand pointed out adding meanwhile, the millers mill the paddy and use the rice for other purposes - some export it and some redivert it for PDS purposes etc. A break has been put on this trend of the past decade.

Anand expressed satisfaction over delivery of CMR to the extent of 60 per cent in the present Kharif season, the release added.