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Cabinet nod for cooperative farming

HYDERABAD: The State Cabinet on Tuesday gave its stamp of approval for implementing cooperative farming, a move proposed by Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy to increase productivity and improve the income of farmers.

A unanimous resolution was adopted at a Cabinet meeting after the Chief Minister explained the merits of cooperative farming to Ministers who, in turn, appreciated the novel idea and complimented him for the bold initiative.

The issue of cooperative farming dominated the meeting with several Ministers expressing their opinions and the Chief Minister responding to them.

Briefing reporters later, Information & Public Relations Minister J. Geetha Reddy said the experiment would be yet another flagship programme of the Rajasekhara Reddy government. A Bill would be introduced in the Assembly next month to provide legislative backing to the pilot project.

The experiment would cover on an average only two villages in each district.

The participation of individual farmers would be voluntary and there would not be any coercion. She said on merging their holdings in the cooperative, individual farmers would not lose their ownership rights.

An exit route would be provided for them to come out of the cooperative fold at any stage.

She said there would not be any interference by outsiders in the experiment, much less by “Tatas and Birlss”.

The entire pilot project would be implemented by farmers’ committee under the guidance of scientists.

As part of the experiment, dairying, fisheries, piggery and food-processing and other agriculture-allied activities would be taken up.

When it was pointed out that some political parties opposed the experiment at the all-party meeting on Monday, she said they were only one or two.

A majority of the parties had favoured the experiment which was long overdue in the State.

The Cabinet also approved a draft bill to introduce an enactment replacing an ordinance already promulgated by the government enhancing the term of the persons-in-charge of Rural Electricity Cooperative Societies of Kuppam, Cheepurupalli and Anakapalli by six months with effect from March 31 last.

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