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If the cardamom auction companies neglect to supply the wealth for cardamom growers wrong 10 days of the auction, the Spices Board volition cancel their licenses, Sangeetha Viswanathan, chairperson of the Spices Board, has said. Addressing the Nedumkandam determination gathering of the Cardamom Planters Federation (CPF), an relation of cardamom farmers successful the district, astatine Nedumkandam connected Friday, Ms. Vishwanathan said that the committee had already cancelled the licence of 2 auction companies that failed to administer the wealth to farmers connected time. “The committee volition earnestly look into specified matters,” she said.
According to Spices Board sources, recently, 2 auction companies failed to supply wealth for cardamom growers, and it resulted successful the cancellation of the auctioneer’s licence. “The Board volition instrumentality strict actions against the auction companies implicit the violations of cardamom auction rules,” said the source.
According to officials, presently 16 auction companies are participating successful the cardamom e-auction nether the Spices Board.
During the meeting, Idukki MP Dean Kuriakose said that steps volition beryllium taken to summation the import terms of cardamom. The gathering besides discussed the lawsuit involving the Cardamom Hills Reserve (CHR) earlier the Supreme Court. The cardamom growers raised concerns implicit the case. According to the organisers, the Spices Board chairperson besides agreed to the involution of the cardinal and State governments regarding the CHR case. The chairperson besides agreed to the involution by providing the CHR case-related costs from the Spices Board.
Cardamom Planters Federation Chairperson Stany Pothen presided implicit the meeting. Udumbanchola MLA M.M. Mani and Cardamom Planters Federation caput P.R. Santhosh, among others, attended the meeting.
