Mysuru MP Pratap Simha has urged Tobacco Board Chairman Y. Raghunadha Babu to renew the lapsed tobacco licences and permit the shifting of barns.
Mr. Simha said he had met the Tobacco Board Chairman and had a detailed discussion on the issue while expressing confidence that the permission for renewal of licences that had lapsed more than four years ago as well as shifting of barns will be granted soon.
The MP said he had also thanked Mr. Babu for reducing the penalty on unauthorised tobacco from 10 per cent to 5 per cent of the proceeds during the ensuing auction season.