Minister Sushanta Chowdhury:said that henceforth, PRTC has been made mandatory for all state government direct recruitment in Tripura. However, power to relax in special circumstances and for recruitment of some special personnel or filling posts.
State government has decided to procurement of 35000 MT paddy. Till now 9 times procurement has taken place and in total 1.71 lakh MT paddy has been procured by which the farmer of the state received Rs 327 Cr. At present the minimum support price of paddy is Rs 20.40. In the coming phase of paddy procurement in total at 40 procurement centres shall be established across the state and the process is going to start by coming July 10. Farmers are going to receive the money of their paddy in three days time of the procurement date and the total expenditure will Rs 85.64 Cr which includes the cost of milling and transportation. This will largely benefit the farmers and rural economy of the state.
Replying to a different question regarding if the cabinet had any discussion regarding giving more power to the TTAADC or directly funding the Minister said that lies with the central government to decide and no such issue has come to the attention of the state government as of now.
