Check moisture meters every week, Khattar tells officials

Karnal, October 5

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today directed the market committee secretary to get the calibration of moisture meters done every Sunday to ensure transparency in checking of moisture in grains.

“Market committee, agencies and arhtiyas should keep their meters with them during paddy auctioning,” he said during a visit to the Karnal grain market, where he took stock of paddy procurement.

He listened to the issues of farmers, rice millers and arhtiyas. Farmers raised the issue that the “Meri Fasal Mera Byora” portal was not working properly and they were not getting messages regarding the timing for bringing their produce to mandis.

“Farmers of UP are being stopped by the administration. They should be allowed,” a farmer told the CM, who claimed that the technical flaws of the portal had been resolved now.

He assured that the UP farmers would’ve to get themselves registered on the portal from October 5 and they could bring their produce as per the schedule given to them. A farmer of Gharaunda alleged that even though the crop was procured at MSP, farmers were given less payment. The CM asked the farmers to give a written complaint in this regard and urged them not to accept less payment.

Khattar got conducted the auctioning of paddy of two farmers and urgedo the farming community to bring their produce after drying it. “The government will procure each and every grain on MSP but the farmers should bring their produce after drying it. They should ensure the moisture in their grains should be up to 17 per cent,” he added. —TNS