Among the claims spun by opposition parties ahead of elections in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, about raising the minimum support price for rice 31, the one has rekindled hopes among the farming industry. Congress party President Rahul Gandhi concentrated on farmers problems while campaigning throughout the state, promising to raise the MSP of paddy\/rice crops to 2, 500 rupees per 100kg. The country went to the polls on 20 and Nov 12. Former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, whose Janata Congress Chhattisgarh party has contested its initial state elections, also vowed to hike the MSP of paddy plants up to 2, 600 rupees\/100kg in his manifesto. The Aam Aadmi Party, contesting its first assembly polls guaranteed to hike the MSP. The Bhartiya Janta Party had promised to 2 to hike MSP of paddy crops. But they never fulfilled this promise. As they've promised, we've faith that the government will provide 2, 500 rupees per quintal. Nobody is selling rice in our village,'' says Abhanpur area from the nation, Roshan Tarak a farmer from Chandi. President of Kisan Congress, chandrashekhar Shukla,
believes it is a farmers right. He said, The farmers have taken token in buy centers, but aren't selling their crops. Festivals of Dussehra and Diwali have also passed. Plainly, the farmers aren't in a hurry to sell their own rice. Farmers not in distress. Brijmohan Agrawal, agriculture Minister in the BJP's ruling government, denies that rice farmers from Chhattisgarh are from distress. In comparison to first 3 years, in fifteen decades of BJP rule, more than four times has been purchased from farmers, while they were paid 9 times more. Over the last fifteen years, 75.3 million metric tonnes of has been purchased from farmers plus they've been paid 951.36 billion rupees out of which 97.12 billion rupees has been paid as bonus. Nevertheless, Jeevanlal Bhardwaj, member of the State Policy Commission and an economist, views things differently. He says the share of agricultural and allied sectors from 2004-05, that a year after Raman Singh took office as Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, was 21.2 percent in the Gross domestic product, but dwindled down to 15.2 percent in 2016-17. This is enough to the state of farming in Chhattisgarh, Bhardwaj said. MSP tendencies - Political parties follow a trend from fixing MSPs for various crops. The periods before elections witness higher increases in MSPs than every other time. Nevertheless, Before the 2013 meeting elections, the Raman Singh led BJP government
believes it is a farmers right. He said, The farmers have taken token in buy centers, but aren't selling their crops. Festivals of Dussehra and Diwali have also passed. Plainly, the farmers aren't in a hurry to sell their own rice. Farmers not in distress. Brijmohan Agrawal, agriculture Minister in the BJP's ruling government, denies that rice farmers from Chhattisgarh are from distress. In comparison to first 3 years, in fifteen decades of BJP rule, more than four times has been purchased from farmers, while they were paid 9 times more. Over the last fifteen years, 75.3 million metric tonnes of has been purchased from farmers plus they've been paid 951.36 billion rupees out of which 97.12 billion rupees has been paid as bonus. Nevertheless, Jeevanlal Bhardwaj, member of the State Policy Commission and an economist, views things differently. He says the share of agricultural and allied sectors from 2004-05, that a year after Raman Singh took office as Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, was 21.2 percent in the Gross domestic product, but dwindled down to 15.2 percent in 2016-17. This is enough to the state of farming in Chhattisgarh, Bhardwaj said. MSP tendencies - Political parties follow a trend from fixing MSPs for various crops. The periods before elections witness higher increases in MSPs than every other time. Nevertheless, Before the 2013 meeting elections, the Raman Singh led BJP government
guaranteed a 100% hike, but can only add a minimal 5% increase every year. This year, a 200 rupees\/quintal raise was announced from July, taking the MSP up to 1, 750 rupees per quintal .
Comments
Post a Comment
Thanks for comment