Basmati mandis to be set up across state, says Hanjura

Tribune News Service

Jammu, December 13

Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura today said the government is working on a comprehensive plan to open ‘Basmati mandis’ across the state to give better marketing facilities to farmers.

The minister was addressing farmers and growers after inaugurating the seventh annual buyer-seller meet for traditional aromatic basmati rice at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu.

Highlighting the government’s initiatives in the agriculture sector, Hanjura said the department would soon set up ‘basmati mandis’ at several places where the buyers and sellers could hold direct transactions to save the farmers from exploitation at the hands of middlemen. He said it would immensely help the basmati growers get better and viable marketing support for their produce.

Hanjura said the department was also making efforts to make the Basmati Mandi, RS Pura, operational to help the local farmers.

Cutting out the middleman

Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura on Wednesday said the department would soon set up ‘basmati mandis’ at several places where the buyers and sellers could hold direct transactions to save the farmers from exploitation at the hands of middlemen. He said it would immensely help the basmati growers get better and viable marketing support for their produce.