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“Hundreds of farmers suicides person been recorded successful Tamil Nadu successful a play of 1 year,” alleged Sai Reddy, All India President of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh.
Speaking to property present connected Monday, helium said the State stood 3rd successful the state successful the fig of farmers died by suicide.
Urging the State authorities to code the issue, Mr. Reddy said that arsenic the numbers highlighted the plight of the farmers successful the country, the authorities should formulate policies and schemes to alleviate the farmers from the hardships they were facing.
“Union authorities schemes similar Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana harvest security person been of nary payment to the farmers successful States similar Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The respective State governments should formulate plans to instrumentality the schemes efficiently,” helium pointed out.
Though the BKS has been demanding a nil taxation connected cultivation produces, the GST taxation simplification connected each cultivation inputs similar pesticides and workplace machinery to 5% was welcomed.
He added that the GST connected cultivation pump sets and pipelines which suffered 18% GST should besides beryllium reduced to 5%.
Mr. Reddy urged the Union authorities to code the nation-wide urea shortage which had been affecting the farmers crossed the States.
Pointing retired the Supreme Court judgement pertaining to summation the level of Mullaperiyar dam to 152 feet, helium said that if the h2o level was raised arsenic per the direction, the rainfall shadiness districts similar Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, among others would beryllium benefitted.
Worrying astir the hold successful paddy procurement successful Cauvery delta regions, helium noted that if the farmers’ long-pending request of opening capable retention facilities was fulfilled, the farmers would not beryllium pushed to store paddy connected roads.
“As we person recovered that insufficient lorry transport was 1 of the main reasons for the hold successful procurement, the contented should beryllium sorted retired instantly keeping successful caput the onset of northeast monsoon,” helium noted.
N.S. Parthasarathy, State president, BKS, said that though the erstwhile drought-ridden areas similar Usilampatti successful Madurai territory was solved done the 58-channel scheme, akin schemes should beryllium brought to code the h2o needs of areas similar Kottampatti successful the southwestern portion of the district.
(Those successful distress oregon having suicidal tendencies could question assistance and counselling by calling State’s wellness helpline 104 oregon Chennai-based Sneha’s termination prevention helpline 044-24640050 oregon Speak2Us helpline 9375493754.)
