Expert Panel to purchase machinery for district and constituency labs constituted

Amaravati: The government constituted a Technical Expert Committee for the purchase of machinery for the District Level & Constituency labs on Wednesday.

Apppointing H. Arun Kumar, Special Commissioner (Agriculture) as Chairman for the nine member expert panel, Poonam Malakondaiah, Special CS, Agriculture department has released a G.O.RT.No. 645.

The members including Y. Sai Lakshmiswari, Addl DA, C&DA, V.D.V. Krupadas, JDA (Seeds), C&DA, Guntur, Dr. A.S. Rao, Director of Research, ANGRAU, Lam, Guntur, Dr. C.V. Rao, NIPHM, Hyderabad, Z. Venkateswar Rao, DD (Planning,), Guntur, Dr. C.M. Mathavan, DD, RFCL, Navi Mumbai, K. Surendra Babu, CAO, Guntur, P. Jaya Krishna, AD(DNA & Integrated Labs), Guntur.

Government asked the expert committee to finalize the list of the machinery required with specifications for District and Constituency integrated Agri. Labs (YSR Labs), identifying the supply agencies, the availability of the machinery, floating of tenders, finalization of supplying agencies across the country, duly following the procedure, purchase of machinery and installation, agreement with the supplying agencies for after sales maintenance service and training on the usage of machinery.