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"There was a scam in procurement of groundnut last year. There were problems and faults with such arrangements (on the part of the state government)," Sanghani said. "There needs to be CCTV cameras (at godowns), storage should be within 30 kilometres from where it is procured. "NAFED's vice president and former Gujarat minister Dileep Sanghani also admitted that the state government failed to "follow guidelines" in procurement and storage of groundnuts during Kharif 2017-18. "NAFED is not an independent organisation but procures as per the central government's guidelines, which needs to be followed by the state government..