BJP Raitha Morcha leader defends Union Miniser Pralhad Joshi’s efforts to address sugarcane growers’ issues
BJP Raitha Morcha leader Basavaraj Kundagolmath defended Union Minister Pralhad Joshi against criticism regarding sugarcane farmers' issues in Karnataka and Maharashtra. A high-level committee is being formed to address concerns like pricing and weighment transparency.
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The formation of a committee represents a government attempt to mitigate agrarian unrest and address systemic issues in the sugar industry.
BJP Raitha Morcha State secretary Basavaraj Kundagolmath has defended Union Minister Pralhad Joshi against criticism over his handling of the sugarcane growers’ issues in Karnataka and Maharashtra.
In a statement, Mr. Kundagolmath, who is also a governing council member of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, said a meeting involving about 100 farmers’ leaders and representatives of farmers’ organisations from the two States, along with State government Ministers, was held in New Delhi on Monday in the presence of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
The meeting discussed issues relating to sugarcane weighment, deductions attributed to wastage, sugar recovery calculations, the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP), State Advisory Price (SAP), the minimum selling price of sugar and the ethanol policy, he said.
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