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Low prices depress black gram farmers in Telangana
Despite the government’s efforts to ensure minimum support price for their produce, the farmers, especially those cultivated black gram, of Asifabad district are plunging into severe financial crunch with 50 per cent fall in prices.
Asifabad: Despite the government’s efforts to ensure minimum support price for their produce, the farmers, especially those cultivated black gram, of Asifabad district are plunging into severe financial crunch with 50 per cent fall in prices.
Earlier black gram rate in the market was Rs 9,000 to Rs 10,000 per quintal. But the prices dropped down to around 50 per cent of its earlier rate, which is not sufficient even to meet the expenses of cultivation.
The State government has fixed black gram price at Rs 5,050 per quintal. The farmers have to show photocopies of their bank passbook and patta passbook to ensure that the crop belongs to them.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- There is 50 per cent drop in black gram prices
- Government fixed minimum support price at 5,050
- Black gram cultivated in 17,852 hectares in Asifabad district
Black gram will be cultivated in about 17,852 hectares in Asifabad district, of which 7,600 hectares are in Kagaznagar. The government started purchase centres at Asifabad, Jainoor, Ankushapur and Kagaznagar market yards.
Since black gram is a cash crop, farmers are happy expecting high prices with the minimum price of Rs 5,050 per quintal.
But the government will reject to purchase the yield, when its moisture percentage goes beyond 12 per cent, quoting it as low quality.
The farmers have no other option except to take the yield to other store-keepers, who will pay Rs 3,800 per quintal only.
The farmers are depressed with the prices as they could not repay the loans taken either from banks or private finance companies.
Speaking to The Hans India, a farmer Anikella Mahesh said ‘After putting up lot of hard work, I got four quintals of black gram from my fields.
I expected the price of the crop will justify my hard work but I was awestruck when the authorities offered a very low price for the yield claiming moisture content is more than the required percentage.'
District Market Committee Chairman Venkateshwarlu agreed that the supporting price was less compared to that of last year.
‘But here the problem is that the farmers are showing different samples of black gram before the purchase and selling low quality type, which is forcing us to cut down the price,’ he explained.
The Chairman justified their direction to the farmers to show photocopies of their documents only to ensure justice to them and to avoid from getting cheated by others.
