Major grain market reopens in Sindh after stakeholders settle thorny paddy issues |
LARKANA: Trading at the major grain market (Anaj Mandi) of Qambar-Shahdadkot district resumed on Monday after weeks-long closure when all stakeholders reached an agreement on a reasonable deduction in paddy crop by rice millers.
While lawmakers of the areas concerned and representatives of rice millers and paddy growers from Sindh and Balochistan were made to negotiate a deal, Qambar-Shahdadkot Deputy Commissioner Imdad Hussain Abro played a vital role in making the whole process a success.
“The most irritant issue of deduction in the paddy crop has been resolved once and for all,” the stakeholders declared at the end of the crucial meeting.
“We have agreed to 65 kilos deduction on 100 maunds of paddy. Hidden taxes have also been slashed,” they said.
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Speaking to Dawn DC Abro said that an important meeting regarding deductions on paddy and other crops was held in the Darbar Hall of his office on Monday. He said the meeting was chaired by MNA NA-196 Qambar-Shahdadkot-I Khursheed Ahmed........