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The Zilla Raitha Horata Samiti has urged the State authorities to instantly found reddish gram procurement centres successful Kalaburagi territory and code pending issues related to harvest compensation and security claims.
Addressing a property league present connected Saturday, samiti members Avvanna Myakeri and Basavaraj Ingin welcomed the Centre’s determination to let procurement of 9.67 lakh tonnes of reddish gram astatine minimum enactment terms (MSP) done National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF), to assistance farmers facing debased marketplace prices.
Mr. Myakeri said compensation of ₹8,500 to ₹17,000 per hectare nether NDRF norms had been announced for harvest harm crossed 3.24 lakh hectares, but the magnitude has not yet been credited. He urged the Centre to instantly merchandise the compensation.
The samiti besides demanded colony of ₹307 crore successful pending harvest security claims for astir 1.2 lakh farmers for 2024–25, and aboriginal merchandise of security claims for the existent season, for which farmers person already paid premiums.
Responding to the contented of sugarcane price, the samiti members accused the State authorities of going backmost connected its assurance. They said that though a terms of ₹3,300 per tonne was announced by the State authorities pursuing farmers’ protests, sweetener factories successful Kalaburagi territory had earlier agreed to wage ₹3,160 per tonne. However, farmers are present being paid lone astir ₹3,000 per tonne, which would effect successful dense losses. The samiti demanded that the authorities instantly hole the sugarcane terms astatine ₹3,160 per tonne for the district.
