Groundnut procurement: Farmers’ registration will go on till Oct 20 without holidays, says Radadiy

Meals, Civil Provide and Client Affairs Minister Jayesh Radadiya.

Meals, Civil Provide and Client Affairs Minister Jayesh Radadiya on Saturday stated that the collection of farmers who’ve were given themselves registered for promoting their groundnut to executive at minimal enhance worth (MSP) has reached 91,000 inside 3 days after the start of the registration procedure. He added that the registration procedure will pass on until October 20 with none vacation in between.

“Closing yr, overall four.71 lakh farmers had were given themselves registered for promoting their groundnut to the federal government at MSP. In contrast, 91,000 farmers have were given themselves registered inside 3 days of the beginning of the registration procedure this yr. To make sure that farmers don’t face any problem, registration procedure will pass on until October 20 with none off day. Registration procedure will stay on until 11 pm on a daily basis and it’ll proceed on Sundays additionally,” Radadiya stated whilst addressing a press convention in Rajkot.

The minister’s remark comes amid a strike via village laptop marketers (VCEs) who differently were doing bulk of such registration of farmers for the previous two years. However this yr, the VCEs, who’re engaged via village panchayats, went on an indefinite strike on October 1, difficult they be paid salaries as an alternative of fee for filling up paperwork and doing registration of farmers on-line on behalf of the state executive.

The Gujarat State Civil Provides Company Restricted (GSCSCL), a state executive endeavor functioning underneath the aegis of the Ministry of Meals, Civil Provide and Client Affairs, can pay VCEs Rs10 fee for each and every registration of farmers they facilitate.

Radadiya, then again, stated that if the VCEs persisted with their strike, the federal government would press gram sevaks at the activity. “Closing yr, the registration procedure used to be performed via three,500 VCEs and talati-cum-mantris. This yr, it’s being achieved via 1,879 VCEs advert talati-cum-mantris, To make sure that farmers don’t seem to be inconvenienced of their villages, gramsevaks can be roped in for registration procedure. If want arises, cooperative societies may also be approached for doing this activity,” stated Radadiya.

By the way, strike of the VCEs has badly affected registration procedure in some districts. Until Friday, round 49,000 registrations have been achieved.

The Central executive has larger MSP for groundnut from Rs five,090 closing yr to Rs five,275 this yr. Closing yr, the Centre had procured 5 lakh metric tonnes of groundnut at MSP from 2.44 lakh farmers of Gujarat.

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