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Agriculture Minister K. Atchannaidu has criticised YSRCP’s Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy for “playing governmental drama” successful the sanction of farmers aft neglecting them during his party’s rule.
In a connection connected Tuesday, Mr. Atchannaidu questioned the MP’s “sudden concern”, asking, “Where was this sympathy erstwhile farmers suffered nether the YSRCP regime?”
Responding to Mr. Avinash Reddy’s request for contiguous alleviation to bulb farmers, helium said that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had already taken unprecedented measures to support them.
Mr. Atchannaidu said the authorities was providing compensation of ₹50,000 per hectare, benefitting farmers with ₹104.57 crore successful total. When bulb prices crashed, the State intervened done MARKFED and the Marketing Department, purchasing the nutrient astatine ₹1,200 per quintal, spending ₹17.22 crore successful Kurnool marketplace alone, a determination that saved farmers from distress.
Drawing a comparison, Mr. Atchannaidu said the YSRCP government, successful 2020, had simply announced a enactment terms of ₹770 per quintal and purchased lone 970 tonnes from 129 farmers, paying ₹75 lakh.
Earlier, Mr. Avinash Reddy met Kadapa District Collector Sridhar, saying that bulb crops dispersed implicit 17,000 acres were damaged, leaving farmers successful distress. He urged the authorities to expedite harvest nonaccomplishment assessments and guarantee timely compensation.
