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India's Union Textile Minister faces cotton farmers' anger

Cotton farmers in deep financial distress expressed their ire against Union Minister of State for Textiles, Santosh Kumar Gangwar recently, at a meeting organised by the BJP. Bandaru Dattatreya, Labour Minister and the Union Minister attended this meeting.

Gangwar was about to make his remarks after listening to several farmers, when they vociferously demanded a price of Rs 5,000 a quintal for their produce. They also wanted the government to direct the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to procure the produce the same day.

The minister, amidst the chaos, expressed his concern and said that he understood their distress and anger and assured the farmers that he would discuss the issue with the Prime Minister. He said the acreage in Telangana had gone up though it saw a drop in the other cotton-growing states. He assured that a redressal centre would be opened in Mumbai soon to let the farmers convey their grievances. However, Shankar, a farmer from Adilabad district, said that the minimum support price of Rs 4,100 a quintal was not in the least viable and that the Centre should do something about this and both the Central and state governments should offer Rs 5,000 per qintal.

Another farmer from the district, Sampath Rao, expressed his anger at the government for hiking the MSP by just one per cent, while the salaries for employees are hiked by 30 per cent. Farmers also raised other issues like unreasonable delay in procurement by CCI at the market yards, forcing farmers to spend additional amount on tractor rentals.

Cotcorp.gov.in

 
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