RAIPUR: It’s some of the little cues that make the watch for results day the entire extra exciting in Chhattisgarh. It turns out that farmers in the state are maintaining directly to their paddy, inclined to sell it most effective after election results are out.
Market sources say farmers are banking at the Congress promise to lift MSP to Rs 2,500 in line with quintal if they're voted to power. This might be a sign of wind in Congress’ sails as the BJP government battles anti-incumbency. In an interesting sideshow in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, a vital chunk of farmers has stopped repaying farm loans after AICC leader Rahul Gandhi’s promise to waive farm debt of up to Rs 2 lakh.
MSP is fastened initially of sowing season for the following crop, and not the one being harvested. Many farmers, on the other hand, appear to be hoping for a snap resolution via Congress to hike MSP if it involves power. On Saturday, Chhattisgarh Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel had to come out with an attraction to farmers to sell their Kharif paddy and get ready their land for the Rabi cultivation, assuring them that Congress will fulfil its promises of mortgage waiver and higher MSP in due course.
The Chhattisgarh government began purchasing paddy on November 1, but there has been little enthusiasm amongst farmers. Arrival at mandis has dropped via 50% compared to the similar period in 2017, said advertising and marketing officer, MARKFED-Raipur, N Ok Dewangan.
In 2017-18, all the way through the first 19 days of procurement, 1,047 lakh metric tonnes of paddy had been purchased, whereas this 12 months, most effective 4.67 lakh MT has are available in, officials showed to TOI. “In Raipur district, most effective 36,972 MT of paddy has been procured from Abhanpur, Dharsiwa, Aarang, Tilda and Raipur, clearly indicating that there is a vital drop in arrivals in mandis after each BJP and Congress got here up with their election manifestos,” said a marketplace insider, including: “Farmers are maintaining back their inventory, looking ahead to the new government.”
The BJP manifesto promises to hike MSP of forest produce via 1.5 times but is silent on paddy, which is the executive crop of Chhattisgarh. Earlier this 12 months, the Raman Singh government hiked paddy MSP via Rs 200 in line with quintal, taking it to Rs 1,750 for B-quality and Rs 1,770 for A-quality. Sensing farmer resentment, the state government added a bonus of Rs 300 in line with quintal. But then, Congress got here up with a greater be offering.
Political observers are keenly looking at this drop in procurement — they have without a doubt that the upper MSP and mortgage waiver promised via Congress are the triggers.
Kisan Congress president Chandrashekhar Shukla said: “It is a misconception that MSP is made up our minds via the central government. It definitely comes to a decision a certain rate. However, if Congress forms the federal government the state will pay the difference to make the paddy MSP Rs 2,500.”
Congress has also promised to transparent bonus dues of the remaining two years and acquire the entire paddy that a farmer can sell. Currently, the Raman Singh government procures most effective 15 quintals of paddy in line with acre.
However, Chhattisgarh Bharatiya Kissan Sangh president Suresh Chandrawanshi has some other rationalization. “Paddy procurement was complicated via 15 days this 12 months as a result of elections. It began on November 1. One of the reasons for the decline in procurement is that paddy harvest and sorting takes position most effective via mid-November,” he said, not ruling out the possibility that some farmers might be maintaining directly to their produce as a result of the Congress promise.
Acknowledging the pointy drop in procurement, Mahasamund farmer Viren Singh instructed TOI that it’s dangerous to carry directly to stocks. “Farmers must sell their paddy earlier than it gets damaged, without looking ahead to implementation of poll promises,” he said.
Market sources say farmers are banking at the Congress promise to lift MSP to Rs 2,500 in line with quintal if they're voted to power. This might be a sign of wind in Congress’ sails as the BJP government battles anti-incumbency. In an interesting sideshow in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, a vital chunk of farmers has stopped repaying farm loans after AICC leader Rahul Gandhi’s promise to waive farm debt of up to Rs 2 lakh.
MSP is fastened initially of sowing season for the following crop, and not the one being harvested. Many farmers, on the other hand, appear to be hoping for a snap resolution via Congress to hike MSP if it involves power. On Saturday, Chhattisgarh Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel had to come out with an attraction to farmers to sell their Kharif paddy and get ready their land for the Rabi cultivation, assuring them that Congress will fulfil its promises of mortgage waiver and higher MSP in due course.
The Chhattisgarh government began purchasing paddy on November 1, but there has been little enthusiasm amongst farmers. Arrival at mandis has dropped via 50% compared to the similar period in 2017, said advertising and marketing officer, MARKFED-Raipur, N Ok Dewangan.
In 2017-18, all the way through the first 19 days of procurement, 1,047 lakh metric tonnes of paddy had been purchased, whereas this 12 months, most effective 4.67 lakh MT has are available in, officials showed to TOI. “In Raipur district, most effective 36,972 MT of paddy has been procured from Abhanpur, Dharsiwa, Aarang, Tilda and Raipur, clearly indicating that there is a vital drop in arrivals in mandis after each BJP and Congress got here up with their election manifestos,” said a marketplace insider, including: “Farmers are maintaining back their inventory, looking ahead to the new government.”
The BJP manifesto promises to hike MSP of forest produce via 1.5 times but is silent on paddy, which is the executive crop of Chhattisgarh. Earlier this 12 months, the Raman Singh government hiked paddy MSP via Rs 200 in line with quintal, taking it to Rs 1,750 for B-quality and Rs 1,770 for A-quality. Sensing farmer resentment, the state government added a bonus of Rs 300 in line with quintal. But then, Congress got here up with a greater be offering.
Political observers are keenly looking at this drop in procurement — they have without a doubt that the upper MSP and mortgage waiver promised via Congress are the triggers.
Kisan Congress president Chandrashekhar Shukla said: “It is a misconception that MSP is made up our minds via the central government. It definitely comes to a decision a certain rate. However, if Congress forms the federal government the state will pay the difference to make the paddy MSP Rs 2,500.”
Congress has also promised to transparent bonus dues of the remaining two years and acquire the entire paddy that a farmer can sell. Currently, the Raman Singh government procures most effective 15 quintals of paddy in line with acre.
However, Chhattisgarh Bharatiya Kissan Sangh president Suresh Chandrawanshi has some other rationalization. “Paddy procurement was complicated via 15 days this 12 months as a result of elections. It began on November 1. One of the reasons for the decline in procurement is that paddy harvest and sorting takes position most effective via mid-November,” he said, not ruling out the possibility that some farmers might be maintaining directly to their produce as a result of the Congress promise.
Acknowledging the pointy drop in procurement, Mahasamund farmer Viren Singh instructed TOI that it’s dangerous to carry directly to stocks. “Farmers must sell their paddy earlier than it gets damaged, without looking ahead to implementation of poll promises,” he said.
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