October 10, 2016 5:26 PM

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Paswan assures to discuss ketchup manufacturing plant issue with Harsimrat

Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan has assured that he would take up the matter of setting up of a Tomato Ketchup manufacturing plant in Kalka assembly constituency with Union Minister of Food Processing Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal.<br/><br/> Mr Paswan was responding to the Kalka MLA Mrs Latika Sharma, who met him last evening in Panchkula and had urged him to set up such a plant in the area. In Morni area of Kalka tomatoes are cultivated on a large scale but the farmers face a lot of problems in their transportation to the mandis due to hilly terrain.<br/><br/> Union Minister said that he would make every possible effort for the setting up of this plant. Later, interacting with the media persons, Mr Paswan said that the 66 percent of work of linking ration cards with Aadhar cards has already been completed and 90 per cent of this work would be completed by 2017 and by the year 2018, hundred per cent target would be achieved. He said that by linking ration cards with Aadhar cards, about 2.62 crore fake ration cards have been detected and cancelled.<br/><br/> Referring to the surgical strike carried out by the Indian Army, he said that Army is performing its duty and it better understands what is to be done and what not to be. He hailed the action by the Indian Army and said that the whole country stands united with the Army and feeling proud. This has also increased the morale of the Indian Army, he asserted.

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