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The development comes a few months after fires occured in some groundnut warehouses, and adulteration was spotted in one of the instances. CAUSE OF CONCERNThe development comes a few months after fires occurred in some groundnut warehouses, and adulteration was spotted in one of the instances The Federation also expressed concern over large groundnut stock lying unutilized. Gohil produced NAFED's November 15 letter to the Union agriculture ministry, in which the Federation raised concerns over the appointment of the Gujarat State Civil Services Corporation as the State Lead Supporter for procurement of pulses and oilseeds during Kharif 2018-19 in the state. When procurement starts, disposal of this stock has to be suspended for 90 days, which will add huge carry cost, and the stocks may be susceptible for deterioration," NAFED said, asking the state to assign procurement task to another agency..