Food and Civil Supplies Minister G.R. Anil has refuted reports that the government intended to entrust Supplyco’s responsibility of paddy procurement to cooperative societies.
The government, however, has been actively considering roping in cooperative banks for a mechanism that ensured speedy disbursal of farmers’ dues immediately after harvest, he said in a statement.
The move comes amid vehement criticism faced by the government for an inordinate delay in compensating a section of farmers for paddy procured from them during the previous rice cultivation season.
