In a blow to the mango growers in the Chittoor district who have been relentlessly demanding a minimum support price (MSP) of ₹25 from the pulp industries, the district administration has set the MSP at ₹15.50 per kg effective from June 7 (Wednesday).
The revised MSP is much less than the ₹ 19 MSP that was announced by the District Collector on May 10.
Deploring the move made by the district administration weeks before the mango season ends, Kothur Babu, chairman of the Chittoor district Farmer-Producer Company Limited, said that it was unfortunate that the district administration had further reduced the price, grossly neglecting the interests of the mango farmers.
