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Chilli farmers begin relay fast
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Farmers under the banner of Andhra Pradesh Rytu Sangam on Saturday took part in a relay fast at the Collectorate here demanding that the government should purchase chilli stocks from them at Rs 10,000 per quintal through Markfed to get a better price.
Guntur: Farmers under the banner of Andhra Pradesh Rytu Sangam on Saturday took part in a relay fast at the Collectorate here demanding that the government should purchase chilli stocks from them at Rs 10,000 per quintal through Markfed to get a better price.
Demand that govt should purchase chillies through Markfed at Rs 10,000 per quintal
CPI state assistant secretary Muppalla Nageswara Rao said that due to fall in prices of chillies, farmers were incurring heavy losses and demanded that the government should take steps to purchase chilli stocks immediately.
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