Chandigarh, April 9 -- With the new three-tier crop verification and foodgrain procurement norms drawing public ire, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday said these "technology-based initiatives" have enhanced transparency, accountability and efficiency in the procurement process, directly benefiting farmers.

Addressing a press conference after the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the CM said the government has made a three-tier crop verification system mandatory under which crops brought to procurement centres will be matched with the crops registered by the farmer, making the verification process more accurate and reliable.

Saini said that Aadhaar-based biometric verification has been made mandatory to ensure the identit...