‘Allow State government to decide on moisture content’
The Hindu
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The authority to decide the moisture content level in paddy should be vested with the State government, said Communist Party of India’s Thanjavur unit.
The party conducted its district executive committee meeting here on October 23 in the presence of State secretary R. Mutharasan. Discussing the current situation in the procurement of paddy at the direct purchase centres opened by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, the participants led by Thanjavur district secretary Muthu Uthirapathi and deputy secretary T. Kasinathan pointed out that the moisture content in paddy brought to the DPCs was more than the prescribed limit of 17% in view of the incessant rains. But the DPC staff remain firm on insisting the moisture content rule and hence a large quantity of paddy bags remain stacked in the open.
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