Criticising the Union Government for its “pettiness” in declining supply of rice to Karnataka, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has urged the State government to not only come forward and purchase the required rice from farmers in the State, but also to distribute ragi and jowar to make up the shortfall in availability of rice.
Instead of knocking on the doors of farmers of other States to implement the promise of providing 10 kg of rice to every person in BPL families, Karnataka government should purchase rice, ragi and jowar from the farmers in Karnataka by providing the support price formula recommended by Swaminathan Committee, said KRRS leader Badagalpura Nagendra in Mysuru on Monday, June 19.
He told reporters that the farmers in Karnataka were capable of producing the required foodgrains if the State government announces that it would purchase ragi and jowar at the support price recommended by Swaminathan Committee that is to be fixed at 50 per cent more than the cost of production.
