In Raipur district, the premises of 85 % licensed distributors have been inspected

In Raipur district, the Agriculture Department has constituted a “Flying Scot” crew and constantly inspecting the premises of sellers of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, together with samples are additionally being taken for testing.

Deputy Director Agriculture, Raipur knowledgeable that thus far the gross sales premises of 85 % licensed distributors have been inspected within the district. Due to the deficiency and error discovered within the inspection, clarification has been sought within the time-limit whereas issuing discover to all of the distributors. On perusing the reason submitted by them, whose reply was discovered unsatisfactory, the license of three seed sellers, three pesticide distributors and one fertilizer vendor has been suspended for 15-15 days, invalidating their rationalization. Simultaneously, motion was taken to ban the sale of fertilizers on the gross sales premises of 1 vendor and warning notices had been issued to 40 licensed distributors for future.

In the inspection crew, Deputy Director Agriculture Shri RK. Kashyap, Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer Shri Deepak Kumar Nayak, Assistant Director Agriculture Shri M.D. Ojha, Smt. Mamta Patil, Senior Agriculture Development Officer Shri R.Ok. Sahu and Agriculture Development Officer Shri Dilip Kumar Sharma had been current on the event. Since the start of Kharif 12 months 2021-22, the division is working systematically to conduct steady inspection of the premises of sellers of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and to gather samples. During the inspection, vital work like distribution of POS machines and matching of wings is being accomplished on precedence foundation.