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Punjab CM writes to Goyal on rural development fund allocation
By IANS |
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Sun, Apr 4 2021 15:12 IST |
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Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Chandigarh, April 4 : Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has written to the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, seeking rural development fund (RDF) at the rate of three per cent, i.e., Rs 54.64 per quintal for 2020-21, instead of one per cent as per the revised provisional cost sheet issued by the Department of Food and Public Distribution.
Pointing out that the RDFA at one per cent of the MSP was contrary to the statutory provision as per section 5 of the Punjab Rural Development Act, 1987, the Chief Minister, in his letter to Union minister Piyush Goyal, said the notified RDF was also in conflict with the department letter last year, which the revised principles of procurement incidentals were formulated in cons