This was stated here today by the president of association, Tarsem Saini. He also the state government to mobilise the farmer's suitably because during the last few years some inferior quality paddy varieties like PR111, PR103 and PR114 were introduced. However, the rice thus grown was of inferior quality and yield on lower side, he said. He said the association had earlier appealed against the sowing of the aforesaid paddy varieties but had done so at the instance of Dr Kirpal Singh Aulukh, Director Research, Punjab Agricultural University.

The association also demanded that it be associated in the research works, so as to arrive at workable and logical yield percentage because the millers in the state have been put in financial crunch.

Saini has said that if the department did not not educate the farmers properly to sow fair varieties like PR106, PR113, and Lal Mundi, the rice millers shall not be buying or storing paddy for milling of the government, who said that the varieties yielded 67 per cent rice to which the association had reacted and said that joint milling trial be E carried out by having involved agricultue department food corporation of India. Foodand supplies department and the rice millers so as to arrive at the actual yield.

He said that on May 12, Jalandhar Doordarshan had arranged discussions on such varieties, during which Dr Tejinder S. Bharoj, PHD Rice Breeder, Punjab Agriculture University research centre, Kapurthala, in the presence of Director, Food and Supplies, Punjab, said that the method to work out rice yield of 67 per cent by them differed from the yield of 67 per cent fixed by the central government.

Dr Bharoj had told that paddy having 13 percent moisture contents an fully cleaned was got shelled at the hulklars hullars installed at the village levels. When Japanese shelling plant had been installed in the pau Ludhiana saini has further said that contrary to the above Union government have fixed specificions to procure procure paddy of 18 percent moisture content and having one percent foreign matter and as such due to higher percentage of moisture by five percent plus one percent foreign matter, three kg rice is derived lessout of the one quintal of paddy which directly incures losses to the milling industry whereas by considering other factors like harvesting by the coimbines comrpt by combines advance sowing and improper cleaning this loss enhances from three kg to five kg due to the milling of state agencies and the default in more as time 1955 rice millers 2/last the milling policy and yield percentage, during the Times to come resulting which the state government ultimately the farmers would sufferFinancial losses besides other discomforts for which agriculture department cannot cannot escape from its resposibility.