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Punjab Govt Transfered Wheat Cost to 22 K Commission Agents

(Chd,Pb)Punjab Govt Transfered Wheat Cost to 22 K Commission Agents
As per Additional Chief Secretary Development Anirudh Tiwari the Food and Civil Supplies department has transferred the payments into the bank accounts of nearly 22,000 arhtiyas (commission agents) for making further payments to the farmers. However, from the current procurement season with the introduction of the DBT scheme, the payments are now being directly transferred by the procurement agencies into the bank accounts of the farmers.