Chandigarh, October 13 - Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has directed the officials engaged in procurement of Kharif crops to visit the field to monitor the procurement process in the Mandis across the State.

Apart from this, the officials at Head Quarter level should ensure online approval for H Form, J Form, Gate Passes and I Form for the process of crop lifting from Mandi to Warehouse during paddy procurement.

The payment of farmers should also be ensured on priority basis within one week after issuing H Form and within 72 hours after the approval of I Form, he added.

The Chief Minister was presiding over a review meeting of officials of Departments engaged in the paddy procurement process here today. He said that if even one of the officer or employee involved in the procurement process found neglecting their duty then the whole process stalls.

He said that the accountability of everyone including the officials of Mandi Board, Secretary, Ahrtiyas, Millers and Transporters should be fixed.

He said that proportionate stock should be allocated to every rice mill attached to the concerned grain market. It should also be ensured that no mill gets more stock than its prescribed allocated quota.

The Chief Minister said that a chart of the entire process based on Mandi wise, Farmer wise and Commission agents wise should be prepared and uploaded on the website so that any person can consult it. Notably, the farmer should be aware about the day when his H Form is released so that he can follow the schedule.

The Chief Minister said that he himself will continue to get information about the entire procurement process on the dashboard while at Chandigarh.

In the meeting, the Department of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs apprised the Chief Minister that earlier the procurement process was offline which has now been made online. Every precise information including the day of issuing H Form, J Form, Gate Pass and I Form will be made available on the website. Besides this the information regarding the timings of clicking Pay-Now Button for online payments by the district manager or bankers will be available.

Among those present in the meeting included Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Mr. P.K. Das, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Mr. Devender Singh, Additional Principal Secretary, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Managing Director of Hafed Mr. D K Behra, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Director of the department, Mr. Chandra Shekhar Khare, Managing Director of Haryana Warehousing Corporation, Mr. Rajiv Ratan, IG CID Mr. Alok Mittal, and Chief Administrator of Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, Mrs. Megha Kataria.