Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said no laxity shall be tolerated in the implementation of wheat procurement process during the Rabi season.
Reviewing procurement of wheat and various state schemes with Deputy Commissioners and Senior Civil Officers here today, Deputy Chief Minister said the DC's should finalize tenders for procurement by April 6 and they would be fully empowered to take decisions for smooth procurement of wheat.
He also instructed that daily reports concerning procurement, lifting and payments should be sent to his office.
Badal said it is his vision to see efficient procurement and mandis should not be space cramped.
He directed that DC's of all the districts should take every possible measure to ensure that there should be no labour problem.
Concerning Atta-Dal scheme, Badal made it be known that the DC's should form vigilance committees at village and ward level in their districts by April 7 for smooth distribution of Atta & Dal (pulses) to beneficiaries.
He said DC's should also formulate steps to get Atta-Dal lists verified in order to make sure that actual beneficiaries could get the benefits and such lists should be verified by vigilance committees.
He made it clear that no Atta-Dal would be distributed except by village and ward level vigilance committees.
He directed officers to distribute Bhagat Puran Singh Bima Yojna cards at village level, besides conducting awareness camps to guide the people.
He also batted for the designing of a logo to be displayed at empanelled hospitals so as to enable people to easily identify them.
