KATHUA, MAY 11:
Director Agriculture Jammu H. K. Razdan inspected various sale outlets and
distribution centres of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides in district Samba and
Kathua today.
He was
accompanied by the Enforcement Team that lifted random samples from the
dealers at Samba, Ghagwal, Dayalachak, Rajbagh and Kathua for quality
checks.
During
inspection, Director Agriculture directed the dealers to display valid licenses
and sale rates prominently as required under Seeds Act 1966, Insecticide
Act 1968 and Fertilizer Control Order 1985. He also directed them to maintain
proper record of stock/sale of all inputs so that the availability of quality
inputs to the farmer at reasonable prices is ensured. He inspected the working
of POS devices which are providing online information for availability of
stocks and sale of the fertilizers to the farmers.
During a meeting
of the Enforcement Staff at Lakhanpur, he directed the concerned to ensure
supply of seeds, pesticides and farm machinery which conforms the quality
parameters as per norms and to draw the samples of these inputs randomly at all
levels of supply chain for quality checks and ensure that no expired lots of
seeds/pesticides are sold to the farmers.
He also gave
instructions to ensure sampling of all the inputs including technical grade
materials, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and organic manures to prevent
and check the entry of any spurious materials.
The meeting was attended by Assistant Director Law Enforcement, S
Baljeet Singh, Agriculture Information Officer, J. C. Raina, Enforcement
Inspectors, Surinder Mishra, Vijay Abrol, Sandeep Pathania and other officials
of the Department.
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