Rythu JAC chairman and retired AP High Court judge, B. Chandra Kumar, has demanded the Central government to give a minimum support price of Rs. 7,761 per quintal cotton produce.
The State government should also give Rs.1,000 bonus to the cotton farmers to help them sustain.
Mr. Chandra Kumar heading a delegation of JAC visited Enumamula agriculture market yard in Warangal.
JAC leaders S. Malla Reddy, Pasya Padma, B. Chandra Reddy, V. Upender Reddy, T. Vishveshwara Rao and others were part of the team.
The team members interacted with the farmers and market secretary A. Raju Naik.
Later speaking to the newsmen, they wanted the State and Central governments to implement Swaminathan Committee’s recommendations.
The farmers were getting raw deal at market. They did not get the much expected one time loan waiver and a result they did not fresh loans too.
Justice Chandra Kumar urged farmers not to commit suicide, but to fight collectively to achieve more MSP to their produce. The JAC would help them in their efforts.
The delegation members asked the officials to use machinery to check moisture content in cotton as manual measurement caused loss to farmers.
They also wanted the CCI to extend its operations to buy more cotton and open more procurement centres.
The farmers didn’t get the much expected one-time loan waiver and hence the fresh loans, says Rythu JAC chairman
