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Telangana govt seeks assistance from Centre to rescue chilli farmers
The Telangana government has sought assistance from the Centre to bail out chilli farmers in the state who have been left financially stressed due to lack of fair price for their produce.
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has sought assistance from the Centre to bail out chilli farmers in the state who have been left financially stressed due to lack of fair price for their produce.
Telangana Marketing Minister T Harish Rao today urged Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh to help the chilli farmers in the state by providing funds.
During the current year, chilli production increased by 14 per cent resulting in adverse impact on prices. The commodity which commanded a price of Rs 10,000 per quintal last year was available in a range of Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 this year, Rao said in a letter to Singh.
A committee of officials has recommended procurement of chillies at Rs 7,000 per quintal directly from farmers, he said.
"Against the total chilli production of 698353 MTs this year, 10 per cent of the production which is 174588.25 MTs, is proposed (to be procured) under MIS (Market Intervention Scheme) with an estimated cost of Rs 502.59 crores," said the letter.
He requested for 50 per cent Central assistance under the Market Intervention Fund under the MIS be made available to Telangana by the Centre.
Telangana Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivasa Rao said he spoke to the Union Agriculture Minister to get the produce purchased through NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd).
Upset over not getting remunerative price, scores of farmers staged a protest at the Enumamula agriculture market at Warangal last week and some of them burnt some quantity of chilli.
