Badal gives nod to setting up marketing and agri biz depts

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jan 28 2016 | 7:07 PM IST
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today gave his nod to setting up 'Marketing and Agri Business' department under the Punjab Mandi Board for providing necessary back-up support to the farmers of the state to ensure marketing of their produce.
"Badal has felt that though the hard working and resilient farmers of the state have consistently enhanced the production of food grains, vegetables and fruits, honey and others but there was a complete lack of proper marketing mechanism for their produce.
"Therefore, he had asked the Additional Chief Secretary (Development) to immediately constitute 'Marketing and Agri Business' department under the Punjab Mandi Board for providing necessary support to the farmers of the state to ensure marketing of their produce," a spokesman of the Chief Minister's Office said.
Likewise, in an another decision, the Chief Minister has also gave his concurrence for setting up a think-tank for agriculture sector, on lines of FICCI, CII and others for industrial and commerce sector, to act as catalyst for promoting agriculture and allied farming sector.
The proposed organisation would dwell on the various issues confronted by the agriculture sector, policies of agriculture across the globe and issues of production, marketing and research to raise them at appropriate platform, the spokesman said.
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First Published: Jan 28 2016 | 7:07 PM IST