Punjab roller flour mills on Thursday claimed they were facing shortage of wheat, accusing the Food Corporation of India of “irrational” policy in distributing crop this year to the millers under Open Market Sale Scheme.
Anticipating inflationary pressures on prices of wheat based products including wheat flour etc, the millers under the banner of Punjab Roller Flour Millers Association have sought intervention of Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan to ensure adequate supply of crop to the millers by FCI.
“We are facing wheat shortage because of irrational policy being followed by the FCI (Punjab),” Punjab Roller Flour Millers Association president Naresh Ghai alleged.
Mr. Ghai said under OMSS, FCI was offering only wheat out of 2014-15 Covered and Plinth (CAP) stocks despite the fact that it has covered stock of 2014-15 year crop.
“The wheat stock of 2014-5 CAP is of not good quality, Moreover, the stock is being made available to millers at its depots where there is no flour mill. It is adding cost to the millers in the shape of transportation and logistic cost,” he claimed. - PTI
