Members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha on Tuesday staged a demonstration seeking fulfillment of their various demands, including procurement of ragi, paddy and jowar at minimum support price, uninterrupted power supply to their irrigation pumpsets, and waiver of electricity bills.
KRRS President Badagalapura Nagendra said paddy, jowar and ragi are being procured at below the MSP fixed by the government in markets, causing injustice to farmers. This glitch must be corrected and the produce must be procured at the MSP as announced by the government.
Farmers sought procurement of their produce twice a year instead of once a year as this would help them get reasonable prices for their produce and demanded that all crops should be brought under MSP so that farmers do not suffer losses for want of good price.
