PD Cases will be filed against the rice millers, Who failed to deliver arrears of CMR: C.V.Anand

Hyderabad, Jan 4 (Maxim News): C. V. Anand, Commissioner of Civil Supplies convened a meeting on Wednesday with the Managers of Civil Supplies Corporation and defaulters of CMR and informed that 21 rice millers of Warangal, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahaboobnagar and Adilabad are yet to deliver 6000 MTs of CMR worth of Rs.17 crores against 2015-16.

Commissioner of Civil Supplies directed the millers to deliver arrears of CMR against the crop year 2015-16 immediately failing which PD Cases will be filed.

In this connection, Commissioner of Civil Supplies has stated that at the request of State Government. Central Government has already extended time for delivering of CMR twice and the dead line was over by Dec 30, 2016.

He has also stated that out of CMR dues of Rs.482 crores, already realized Rs.465 crores (99%) and instructions were issued to the officials to realize the balance amount of Rs.17 crores.

Commissioner of Civil Supplies has also cautioned that each and every paisa due from the millers to Government will be recovered without sparing anybody and if any miller failed to co-operate with the Government, stringent action will be initiated for recovery under RR Act and filing PD Cases as per law. Managers of the Civil Supplies Corporation were directed to act firmly. He informed that 100% CMR will be collected from this year onwords without any arrears.

The reason for getting back CMR on time is very important. The State Government and Civil Supplies Department pays farmers upfront in the form of Rs.1510/- per quintal on MSP. This paddy is handed over to the millers to be converted into rice for use in the PDS programme. The expenditure in thousands of crores towards payment to farmers is met from the cash credit of SBI / other Banks and is reimbursed quarterly by the Government of India. There is a monthly interest of 11% to be paid by the Civil Supplies Corporation. Therefore the delay in giving CMR to the department increases the interest burden manifold.

Meanwhile, the millers mill the paddy and use the rice for other purposes – some export it and some redivert it for PDS purposes etc. A break has been put on this trend of the past decade.

He expressed satisfaction over delivery of CMR to the extent of 60% in the present Kharif season. (Maxim News)