Govt activating coop societies, renovating warehouses: Min

Time of India

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Lucknow: UP cooperative minister JPS Rathore said on Saturday that the cooperative societies of the state were dilapidated, and warehouses were in ruins in the past and are being renovated by the BJP govt.
"New buildings were being constructed in the societies. Along with this, an interest-free cash credit limit of Rs 10 lakh each was made available to farmers to provide fertilisers and seeds easily through societies," he said, asserting that if required, the limit would be increased to Rs 15 lakh.
He said that inactive societies were activated by providing working capital of Rs 10 lakh each to about 7,000 primary cooperative societies of the state.
"A total of 11.94 lakh MT of urea is available in the state, including 2.65 lakh MT urea in the cooperative sector and 9.29 lakh MT urea in private sector. Along with IFFCO and KRIBHCO, 40% of fertiliser is also being procured from private suppliers and provided to societies," he added.
"This is being reviewed daily at the state level so that there is no shortage of fertilisers in societies in any district. As monsoon arrived before time, the demand for fertiliser is already prevailing," he said.
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"During this period last year, 14.24 lakh MT of urea was distributed by cooperative and private sectors. This year, 17.88 lakh MT of urea has been distributed so far. There is no shortage of urea in the state. Officers have been asked to maintain supply of fertiliser to farmers," he said.
Rathore said that efforts should be made to stop black marketing of fertiliser from districts along the Nepal border.
He said that computerisation of committees was being done and instructed officers to prepare a digital data of the farmers in which their name, address, khasra-khatauni, Aadhaar number, and mobile number should be prepared so that farmers could easily take fertilisers and seeds and sell their produce.
He said that the facility of digital payment through QR code would be made available at all the committees through district cooperative banks, which would solve the problem of overrating of fertiliser.