B’NGIR FARMERS DEMAND OPENING OF MANDIS
Friday,
12 December 2014 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
MMembers of the Kisan Mahasangha led by Sudhir Parischha and Jati
Pradhan on Thursday staged a demonstration before the district Collectorate
here demanding that the Mandis all over the district be made functional for
procurement of paddy from farmers and to prevent distress sale of paddy within
a week. They submitted a memorandum to this effect to the Chief Minister
through the district administration.
In
the absence of functioning of the Mandis in the district, farmers have been
forced to sell their produce at rates below the declared minimum support price
(MSP). Moreover, as decided at the district-level procurement committee meeting
this year, small farmers should be able to sell 10 quintals of paddy directly
and the limit for purchase of paddy from farmers should be raised to 20
quintals. However, the Government has fixed the limit at 12 quintals, which is
unfair, the memorandum said.
By
making the rule of the CAP storage system, rice mill owner has been given order
to lift paddy from Mandis, which is illegal, added the memorandum. Unless these
provisions are implemented, farmers of the district would resort to agitation,
threatened Krushak Mahasangha president Sudhir Parischha.
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