Chandigarh; Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has assured the state’s rice millers that the Custom Milling Policy for next year would be formulated only after considering the views of all the concerned stakeholders.

Chandigarh; Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has assured the state’s rice millers that the Custom Milling Policy for next year would be formulated only after considering the views of all the concerned stakeholders.

The chief minister gave the assurance to a delegation of the Rice Millers Association (Pb.), led by its president Gian Chand Bhardwaj, that called on him at his official residence on Wednesday.

Captain Amarinder also promised to ensure uninterrupted quality power supply at Rs. 5/- per unit to all rice milling units, and assured them that their problems would be examined sympathetically by his government.

The delegation lauded several notable decisions of the Captain Amarinder government, including the decision to freeze power tariff at Rs 5 per unit, which they said would enable the sector to complete with units in other states. They further hailed the decision to abolish the Truck Unions, which had been made a source of business by the previous SAD-BJP combine government. The move will save the government close to Rs. 2000 Crores, they added.

Reiterating his government’s commitment to promoting industrial development in the state, the chief minister assured the delegation that their demands, as listed in the memorandum submitted to him, would be given due consideration.

Besides allocation of paddy in proportion to milling capacity, the memorandum demanded a flat rate to be fixed for transportation, loading and unloading of paddy, as well as the chief minister’s intervention in finalizing the milling accounts and setting norms for storage of paddy.

Others present at the meeting included district president of the association Ashwani Kumar, and Dr. Prem Nath from Samana.