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Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi has alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was telling a blatant prevarication connected procurement and import of maize by the Union authorities successful a bid to screen up the State government’s failure.
Addressing a property league successful Hubballi connected Saturday, Mr. Joshi alleged that incapable to bash immoderate bully for the farmers of the state, Siddaramaih led authorities was trying to blasted the national authorities to screen up its failures.
Instead of taking speedy measures for the procurement of maize, providing a minimum enactment price, and towards ethanol production, Mr. Siddaramaiah was telling blatant lies, helium said.
The Union Minister has sought to cognize from the Chief Minister wherefore the distilleries successful the State had not been instructed to necktie up with NCCF oregon NAFED for ensuring warrant procurement of maize for ethanol production.
He besides sought to cognize wherefore the authorities had not made it mandatory for the distilleries to procure maize astatine the minimum enactment price. “Is it not existent that the State authorities has the authorization to instrumentality guidelines for section procurement?” helium asked.
Moreover, the connection that the Union authorities had imported 70 lakh MT of maize was a blatant lie. “During 2025-26, truthful far, lone 0.5 lakh MT of maize has been imported. On the contrary, the export of maize is 2.52 lakh MT. In fact, 50% import work connected maize has efficaciously prevented imports,” helium said.
“In information determination has been an summation successful allocation of maize for ethanol and concern use. It was 8.29 LMT successful 2022-23, 75.38 LMT successful 2023-24 and 125.75 LMT successful 2024-25. Compared to 2022-23 determination is an summation of 1,417% and it is 66% accrued erstwhile compared to past year. The national authorities done its measures has accrued the request for maize but the authorities authorities has failed to walk connected the payment of it to the farmers”, helium alleged.
The Union Minister urged the State authorities to instrumentality remedial measures instantly alternatively of blaming the Centre for each azygous problem.
