The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry has taken a serious view of tobacco companies not procuring the assured quantity of the commodity from the farmers.
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who interacted with a delegation of farmers and traders in New Delhi on Tuesday directed the companies to buy tobacco from growers at the price assured to them. According to sources, the representatives of the industry tried to justify the low offtake of tobacco from the market claiming that farmers were not coming forth to sell the commodity.
