Centre Firm On Direct Money Transfer To Farmers In Punjab, Rejects State Govt s Demand To Route MSP Payment Through Arhtiyas
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh (Pradeep Gaur/Mint via Getty Images)
In a positive development, the decks have been cleared for Punjab s farmers to get direct payment in their bank accounts against the procurement of wheat from this season onwards as the Centre has rejected Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh led state government s demand that the said payments continue to be made through arhatiyas, reports
Economic Times.
A delegation of Ministers from the Punjab Government led by the State s Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu met with Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal to raise the demand, which however was not accepted by the latter.
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