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PANJIM: Secretary for Civil Supplies Isha Khosla, IAS, assured that the supply of essential items is normal.
The officer said that regarding some news articles in the press related to shortages at some small grocery shops, field inquiries have shown that the possible reasons relate to issues such as pending payment by retailers to distributors liquidity etc, rather than availability of these items in the State.
The official was speaking at the State Executive Committee (SEC) meeting held in the presence of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant.
All district observers informed that the supplies of essential items are found to be normal in the field. They have interacted with many shop owners and found that stocks for essential commodities are available with them. The SEC asked them to visit remote areas regularly.
Meanwhile, Secretary of Agriculture informed that eight harvesters have started operating in the State out of total 19 available.
The official added that he has held meetings with the marketing federations to buy the recently harvested crop from the farmers. The Chief Minister raised concerns at the possible lack of efficient procurement of the produce from the farmers in view of the lockdown and directed the Agriculture Department to ensure requisite support for the said procurement.
