new Delhi: IFS Parveen Kaswan’s grandfather was shown selling wheat grains to the Government of India in an old bill from the 1980s. He posted on social media an official document from 1987, called “J Form”, with the comment, “The time when wheat used to be Rs 1.6 per kg.”
Additionally, he noted that older people had a tendency to preserve all data, adding, “Grandfather preserved all the documents. J Form is the name of this file. Every document related to crop sales in the last 40 years was included in it.” Collection. You can research them at home.”
Apart from being fascinated by the price of wheat, the users were also praising Kaswan’s grandfather’s habit. One user said, “Wonderful,” said one user. After that, the elders recorded each penny. Keep such records for each crop sold by them. J Form is one of the most important documents for farmers, said a user.
There was a time when wheat used to cost Rs 1.6 a kg. My grandfather sold wheat crop to Food Corporation of India in 1987. pic.twitter.com/kArySiSTj4Parveen Kaswan, IFS (Parveen Kaswan) January 2, 2023
A “J Form” is a document that commission brokers give to farmers who sell their crops as proof of their income. Before J Forms were digitised, agents used to store these documents instead of handing them over to the farmers.