Chandigarh, April 22 -- Punjab Chief Secretary Anurag Verma, holding an emergency meeting with all Deputy Commissioners to take stock of the ongoing wheat procurement arrangements in the state and the damaged crop due to unseasonal weather, ordered them to ensure that crops brought by the farmers in the mandi are purchased immediately. Along with this, the payment of the purchased crop within 48 hours should be ensured in the farmer's account.
Verma also ordered the Deputy Commissioners to hold daily meeting with the procurement agencies of their district to review the procurement taking place in every market of the district, besides issuing directions to DCs to visit the mandis personally.
DCs were also directed to immediately send a rep...