Purchase Bengal gram immediately: Collector Ongole, November 30. District collector G.S.R.K.R Vijaykumar on Saturday directed the officials to take necessary steps to pay Rs.3100 per quintal and make payments to the Bengal gram farmers within a week, as per the minimum support price fixed for the farmers.
He addressed a meeting held in the collectorate in Ongole city on Saturday. The Collector said that the government had issued a GO in to purchase Bengal gram.
He directed the officials to purchase all the stocks from the Bengal gram farmers immediately and make arrangments to pay the amount.
He said that the marketing department opened ten counters to purchase the Bengal gram stocks.
News Posted: 30 November, 2014
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