8 months ago
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HYDERABAD
Former curate and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA V. Prashanth Reddy has requested the State Government to unfastened procurement centres to bargain maize from farmers astatine MSP and by paying a bonus of astatine slightest ₹400 per quintal.
Speaking to newspersons astatine Velpur successful Nizamabad territory connected Thursday, helium said the farmers were suffering nonaccomplishment of astir ₹30,000 per acre successful the lack of marketplace involution by the authorities by mounting up procurement centres and the traders were exploiting the farmers by acquisition the harvest astatine ₹1,600 to ₹1,800 per quintal against the MSP of ₹2,400 per quintal.
He asked the authorities to procure maize astatine ₹2,800 per quintal including ₹400 per quintal bonus successful summation to the MSP. He stated that the harvest was raised successful astir 6.45 lakh acres during the Kharif play and successful his Balkonda constituency 60% of harvesting was already completed and the backstage traders were exploiting farmers by purchasing the nutrient astatine a precise debased price.
As the farmers would get a output of astir 30 quintals per acre, they were losing ₹30,000 per acre since the traders were purchasing the nutrient astatine a maximum terms of ₹1,800 per quintal.
