Farmers stage protest seeking payment for green gram
Farmers in Hubballi have entered their third day of an indefinite protest demanding payment for green gram sold under the Minimum Support Price scheme. The farmers claim they have been waiting for proceeds for over six months despite government directives to release the funds.
Why it matters
The protest highlights systemic delays in agricultural payments that threaten the livelihoods of small-scale farmers.
The day-and-night indefinite agitation by farmers seeking the release of proceeds for green gram purchased under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme, pending for six-seven months, entered the third day in Hubballi on Thursday.
The farmers have launched the indefinite agitation under the aegis of Raita Sena Karnataka in front of office of the Karnataka State Co-Operative Marketing Federation Ltd. (KSCMF) at Vikas Nagar in Hubballi.
Farmers from Byahatti, Kusugal, Sulla, Kiresur, Amaragol and other villages launched the agitation on Tuesday, while several farmers from other villages joined the protest the next day.
On Thursday, a few more joined the indefinite agitation.
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