MOVE AIMED AT HELPING DISTRESSED POTATO GROWERS IN THE STATE
By SK.Vyas
Chandigarh, July 24: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has directed Markfed to immediately procure 300 tonnes of potatoes for school mid-day meals, in order to help out the distressed potato farmers of the state.
The chief minister has asked Marked, Asia’s largest marketing cooperative federation, to purchase the potatoes on `no profit no loss’ basis to bail out the potato growers from the crisis they were facing as a result of the low prices of the commodity prevailing across the state.
A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said Captain Amarinder had also directed state agencies such as Marked and Punjab Agro to formulate a comprehensive strategy to provide marketing support to potato growers in terms of remunerative prices and other facilities.