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All 5 sweetener factories successful Kalaburagi territory and 1 successful Yadgir territory person agreed to wage farmers ₹2,950 per tonne of sugarcane wrong 14 days of procurement, said Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Kalaburagi territory in-charge Priyank Kharge connected Sunday (November 16, 2025).
Addressing a property league astatine the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau successful Kalaburagi, helium said that the Chief Minister had held aggregate rounds of discussions with sweetener mill owners and their representatives earlier finalising the cane price, keeping farmers’ interests successful mind. “We discussed the contented with the mill absorption arsenic well. They person agreed to wage the fixed terms of ₹2,950 per tonne,” helium said.
Crop nonaccomplishment and compensation
The Minister said that dense rains successful August and September – 69% excess successful August and 63% excess successful September – had caused wide harvest harm successful the district.
As per the associated survey by Agriculture, Horticulture and Revenue Departments conducted nether NDRF guidelines, harvest nonaccomplishment was reported successful 3,24,205 hectares. He said that the details of affected farmers had already been uploaded to the PARIHARA software. “A full of 3,26,183 farmers volition person ₹250.97 crore arsenic compensation. The magnitude volition beryllium credited to their slope accounts wrong the adjacent 3 to 4 days,” helium said.
₹243.41 crore mid-season adversity payout nether harvest insurance
Mr. Kharge said that nether the harvest security scheme, the authorities has approved ₹243.41 crore arsenic Mid-Season Adversity compensation for insured farmers whose cotton, reddish gram, sunflower and turmeric crops were deed by excessive rainfall. The payout covers 2,67,560 farmers and 3,35,046.2 hectares.
He added that nether the “localised calamity” category, 22,385 farmers who reported harvest nonaccomplishment successful achromatic gram, greenish gram, soybean and different crops volition soon person ₹8.79 crore straight into their slope accounts.
FRP and MSP a Centre’s responsibility
Responding to questions connected Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) and Minimum Support Price (MSP), the Minister said the work of fixing FRP and MSP lies with the Union government. He criticised the BJP leaders for raising the contented lone selectively and accused them of treble standards.
On RSS way march
Responding to a query implicit the arguable way march of RSS successful Chittapur, Mr. Kharge said that the RSS was compelled to travel the presumption and conditions of the territory medication and successful enactment with the High Court’s directions. “We person fixed the fig of participants, the route, and the conditions. Everything happened accordingly,” helium said.
He besides commented that the organisation should beryllium brought nether audit erstwhile it is registered, noting that “guru dakshina collected by an unregistered organisation indispensable besides travel nether scrutiny.”
On Bihar results
Responding to questions connected whether the Bihar predetermination results would power Karnataka, Mr. Kharge said that victories and defeats were a portion of electoral politics. “Will voters beryllium brought from Bihar? We person accepted our decision successful Bihar. But erstwhile determination was specified a beardown anti-incumbency wave, the ballot stock they secured raises questions. Let the information travel out. We volition see,” helium said.
Pointing to the alleged irregularities successful the caller elections successful Aland and Mahadevpur Assembly segments successful Karnataka, helium said that helium would soon spot documents earlier the media. He besides criticised the Election Commission, saying it did not entity to the merchandise of funds to women successful Bihar earlier the polls but acted otherwise successful Telangana.
Mr. Kharge besides declared that helium would soon spot documents earlier the media regarding alleged irregularities successful the utilisation of KKRDB funds erstwhile BJP was successful power.
