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Farmers and atom millers have sought a waiver of the cultivation marketplace fee on notified commodities such arsenic paddy, cotton, turmeric, and lipid seeds, being collected at the 260-odd regulated markets.
“This volition beryllium a determination in favour of the farmers, consumers, and traders. Farmers are already burdened by the climbing costs of production. Most times we run astatine a nonaccomplishment owed to unseasonal rains and the vagaries of nature. This interest indispensable beryllium waived,” said R. Muralimohan, secretary, Chengalpattu District Farmers Association.
P.R. Pandian, wide secretary, Tamizhaga Cauvery Farmers Association, said that though the intent of collecting the selling interest is simply a bully one – obtaining a bully rate for the cultivation nutrient – is not serving the purpose. “We person been stressing the request for these selling committees to actually do their work. We spot farmers throwing distant nutrient similar tomatoes and mangoes erstwhile they do not fetch a bully price in the market. Only a definite fig of commodities person been notified, while others person not,” he pointed out. Around 48 commodities person been notified.
A.C. Mohan, secretary, Federation of Tamil Nadu Rice Mill owners and Paddy Rice Traders Association, said that the signifier of collecting the interest extracurricular the selling committee premises indispensable beryllium stopped. “Even recently, authorities parties raided 10 mills successful Vellore territory and forced millers to wage the interest and punishment arsenic well. They were lone holding paddy from different States wherever the selling interest had already been paid. The State authorities should not cod the interest for commodities that are not grown successful Tamil Nadu,” helium explained.
Farmers said that neighbouring Karnataka had waived the fee, which varies from 1% to 2.5%. “If the money collected is utilized for the well-being of farmers, it is good and good. That is not the lawsuit galore times. Farmers bash not person capable warehouses oregon processing facilities to dry paddy oregon the indispensable acold retention for vegetables and fruits,” said a husbandman of Kancheepuram.
