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Farmers leaders person complained to the State authorities that immoderate banks person frozen their accounts, contempt them settling each dues.
“Most farmers who had opted for One-Time Settlement Scheme to wage disconnected their loans are uncovering that their accounts stay frozen. They are incapable to transact with their accounts. They are incapable to retreat wealth received successful the signifier of MGNREGA wages nor marque payments. This is causing large inconvenience to farmers,” they said successful a memorandum to the State government.
“When immoderate farmers complained to slope officers, the second pleaded helplessness. They said that these steps are being initiated astatine the nationalist level wherever each slope accounts with dues person been blocked utilizing their PAN and Aadhaar numbers. They advised farmers funny successful continuing banking services to unfastened caller accounts oregon nexus their existing accounts to Aadhaar cards. These are not casual to follow, arsenic astir farmers bash not person aggregate accounts and slope officials are tracing the Aadhaar and PAN numbers,” farmers said.
Leaders of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene person signed the memorandum, on with immoderate farmers from Kadoli village.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association leaders person besides submitted a database of demands earlier the Union and State governments. They person urged the Union authorities not to marque the Farmers Identification Number mandatory for acquisition of fertiliser, to halt privatisation of powerfulness proviso to irrigation pumpsets, authorities involution to spot that sweetener factories settee each dues to farmers, summation successful Fair and Remunerative Price for sugarcane and issuing diesel astatine subsidised prices.
Vice-president of Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association Suresh Patil has warned that a State-wide protestation volition beryllium staged if the demands are not met.
