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Punjab government to continue with incentives for Basmati millers

01 Oct 2014 Evaluate

The Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal has decided to continue with the incentives given to the Basmati millers during 2013-14. This step has been taken in order to safeguard the interests of the Basmati cultivators and encourage crop diversification in the state. The state government has also slashed both the market fee and rural development fee by 1% in order to motivate the buyers from outside the state.

The government has already waived mandi fee (2%), rural development fee (2%) and infrastructure fee (3%) on the purchase of basmati for milling in Punjab during 2013-14. These measures were taken to encourage farmers to grow more basmati instead of common paddy that requires more water.

The basmati exporters were earlier required to pay these fees/charges and claimed refund thereof because taxes on export of goods were zero rated as per the policy of the government. The millers however faced difficulties in refund of fees/charges paid by them as a result of which a large chunk of their working capital used to get stuck in transit, rendering milling in Punjab uncompetitive.

The government has now provided procedural comfort to the millers by waiving of fees which will not only encourages more cultivation of basmati paddy but also promotes investment in rice-milling industry.

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