Punjab Government Group Of Ministers Assures Rice Millers Of Full Support Ahead Of Paddy Procurement Season

Aug25,2026 | Jagrati Lahar Bureau | Chandigarh

Rice industry backbone of State's economic structure

Chandigarh, August 25:

The Punjab Government led by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is according top priority to the matter of ensuring adequate storage space in the mandis of the State in view of the fast approaching Paddy procurement season.

The Group of Ministers (GoM) comprising Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak and Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal today met various of the rice millers of the State and assured them of total cooperation by the State Government to ensure a successful procurement season.

The GoM appealed to the Union Government to speed up the lifting of rice from the State so as to create more storage space in view of the upcoming Paddy procurement season.

The Group of Ministers said that the rice industry along with the farmers, Arhtiyas and the labourers comprises the backbone of the economic structure of the State and their welfare is uppermost in the mind of the State Government.

Furthermore, many welfare centric measures are in the pipeline such as no District Food Supply Controller (DFSC) can do recovery from the millers without the permission of the Headoffice. Also, a provision would be made in the upcoming

Custom Milling Policy regarding making

transportation payments directly to the sheller owners.

With regard to the other demands such as giving the unloading and grading charges to every miller, Extending the date for registration of new shelters on the portal to September 30th and allotting the paddy for custom milling in the next season to the sheller owners milling 85 percent in the present season, the Group of Ministers assured that the best interests of the rice millers are at the heart of the State Government. Besides, there would be no bias in allotting the paddy for custom milling.

Among others present on the occasion included the Principal Secretary Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Rahul Tewari, Director Varinder Kumar Sharma, AMD PUNGRAIN Kamal Kumar Garg, Additional Directors Dr. Anjuman Bhaskar and Ajayveer Singh Sarao, President Federation of All India Rice Miller Association Tarsem Saini, President Punjab Rice Industry Association Bharat Bhushan Binta, President Rice Millers Association Gian Chand Bhardwaj and President New Punjab Rice Millers Association Balwinder Singh Haruwal.

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