Assuring vociferous flagging of the issues of Rice Millers of the State, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Punjab in a meeting with the representatives of the Rice Millers’ Associations said that he would defend the interests of the State and the Rice Millers and would definitely take up their issues with the Union Government as well as the Food Corporation of India.Lending a sympathetic ear to the concerns of Rice Millers, FSM promised a time bound solution to all their grievances and demands pertaining to the State Government and its Procurement Agencies.Besides the representatives of various Rice Millers’ Associations, Mr. K.A.P.Sinha, Secretary, Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer affairs Department, Punjab, Mrs. Anindita Mitra, Director and other officers of the Department were present on the occasion.