| 1. |
Foodgrains
should be procured strictly conforming
to the uniform specifications prescribed
by the Government of India.
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| 2. |
Adequate
number of mandis/procurement centers
should be set up and operated efficiently,
effectively and economically.. |
| 3. |
Wide publicity regarding procurement
of paddy under MSP should be given to
create awareness amongst the farmers
to bring only clean, dry paddy well
within the uniform specification limits
in the mandies for sale. |
| 4. |
Proper
cleaning of paddy/coarse grains stocks
should be ensured before purchase. For
this, necessary cleaning facilities
should be provided in the purchase centers.
Pucca mandi yards minimize the changes
of inadvertent admixture of dust/mud
in the paddy/coarse grains being procured.. |
| 5. |
Quality
inspectors/purchase staff at each and
every purchase center must be fully
equipped with analysis kits and moisture
meters (duly calibrated). |
| 6. |
They
should be aware of the procedure for
physical analysis of foodgrains including
determination of moisture content and
Govt. of India's Uniform specifications
for the KMS 2004-05. |
| 7. |
Quality
inspectors/purchase staff must have
adequate number of cloth bags and polythene
bags for drawing samples. These samples
should be regularly sent to the District
office laboratory for analysis with
proper labeling viz. name of mandi,
date of sampling, commodity, signature
of inspectors etc. |
| 8. |
Adequate
laboratory facilities for analysis of
foodgrains at district level should
be provided by the State Governments. |
| 9. |
Supervising
officer should be continuously on the
move for close supervision of the procurement
operations including the quality of
procured stocks. |
| 10. |
Prior
to purchase, the quality inspectors/purchase
staff should inspect the stocks heap-wise
to assess the quality and advise farmers
to do necessary cleaning/upgradation. |
| 11. |
In
case of procurement of rice, special
care should be taken that the percentage
of various refractions like damaged
grains, broken grains including small
brokens and moistures content etc. is
well within the laid down specifications.
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Operations
-- Quality Control
Uniform Specification for :
