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The State authorities is taking steadfast measures to enactment mango farmers, said Transport Minister and Chittoor territory in-charge Minister Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy connected Monday.
The Minister was reviewing the issues concerning mango pulp industries astatine a gathering held astatine the Collectorate chaired by District Collector Sumit Kumar. Representatives of mango processing units, elder mango farmers, and officials of the horticulture and allied departments participated successful the deliberations.
Addressing the farmers and pulp manufacture representatives, the Minister said that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had fixed apical precedence to resolving the concerns of mango farmers, who suffered losses owed to a crisp diminution successful marketplace prices pursuing a bumper harvest earlier this year.
To guarantee farmers did not carnivore the brunt of the terms crash, the authorities announced a enactment terms of ₹4 per kg and transferred ₹183 crore straight into the slope accounts of farmers crossed Annamayya, Tirupati, and Chittoor districts. Of this, ₹146.84 crore was deposited to 31,929 farmers successful Chittoor territory alone, the Minister said.
Mr. Reddy said that the authorities had besides directed mango pulp units to wage a minimum of ₹8 per kg to farmers and reminded manufacture owners of their work to support growers’ interests. He added that the State was extending incentives, infrastructure support, and assistance with energy charges to promote the maturation of processing industries.
Collector Sumit Kumar said that pulp industries procured 2.40 lakh metric tonnes of mangoes during June and July. Prices accrued successful mid-July, benefiting respective farmers, helium said. He pointed retired that a fewer section industries were paying little prices compared to those successful Krishnagiri of Tamil Nadu, and urged them to align with just marketplace practices. He emphasised the value of practice betwixt farmers and pulp industries to guarantee stability.
Representatives of pulp industries said rising import duties successful European markets had adversely affected them. They appealed for a simplification of GST connected mango pulp and projected the enactment of a Mango Board.
