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YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has demanded that the State authorities instrumentality contiguous steps to trim aqua provender prices and supply alleviation to the farmers facing fiscal stress.
“If provender prices are not brought down by the extremity of June, the YSRCP volition articulation the aqua farmers successful a State-wide agitation during the archetypal week of July,” Mr. Jagan warned portion addressing the aqua farmers and representatives of the A.P. Prawn Federation astatine the enactment cardinal bureau successful Tadepalli connected Tuesday.
The farmers informed him that rising provender costs, declining shrimp prices and expanding accumulation expenses were making aquaculture economically unviable.
The erstwhile Chief Minister said the YSRCP authorities had extended important enactment to the aquaculture assemblage by supplying energy astatine ₹1.50 per unit, arsenic promised successful its manifesto. He claimed that much than ₹3,300 crore was spent connected powerfulness subsidies for aqua farmers during the YSRCP’s tenure.
He besides expressed interest implicit G.O. Rt. No. 169, stating that the powerfulness factor-related conditions prescribed nether the bid could impact the continuation of energy subsidies to farmers.
Highlighting measures introduced during the YSRCP regime, helium said the constitution of the Andhra Pradesh State Aqua Development Agency (APSADA), quality-control mechanisms for feed, integrated investigating laboratories and fisheries assistants had strengthened the assemblage and protected farmers from exploitation.
Accusing the authorities of weakening regulatory oversight, helium alleged that provender manufacturers had raised prices sharply. He said provender prices for Vannamei shrimp accrued by astir ₹10 per kg and those for Tiger shrimp by astir ₹12 per kg. He said provender prices had risen by astir ₹16 per kg betwixt February and June, portion shrimp marketplace rates had fallen beneath accumulation costs.
Representatives of the aqua assemblage sought authorities involution to code rising costs and safeguard farmers’ livelihoods.
