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Farmers from Mysuru met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Monday (November 10) during his sojourn to the metropolis for the Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) gathering and urged him to merchandise the State government’s publication of ₹50 per tonne of sugarcane successful the archetypal instalment itself, alternatively of the 2nd instalment arsenic mentioned successful the caller bid enhancing the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for the crop.
The FRP for sugarcane has been accrued by ₹100 per tonne, taking the complaint to ₹3,300 per tonne (excluding harvesting and proscription charges), arsenic against the ₹3,200 per tonne fixed by the Centre. Of the further ₹100, the State authorities and sweetener factories volition lend ₹50 each.
The authorities revised the FRP pursuing protests by sugarcane growers successful Garlapur successful Belagavi territory and different parts of North Karnataka.
While thanking the Chief Minister for enhancing the FRP, members of the Federation of Farmers’ Organisations and the State Sugarcane Growers’ Association appealed to him to modify the bid truthful that the State stock is released successful the archetypal instalment, citing the fiscal distress faced by farmers.
In a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister, the associations besides sought urgent measures to code the rising human-wildlife conflict, noting the expanding incidents of attacks connected humans and livestock successful the wood fringes of Mysuru district. The farmers pointed retired that 3 farmers had mislaid their lives successful caller tiger attacks, portion different farmer, who survived, is presently undergoing attraction successful the hospital.
