The State Sugarcane Farmers’ Association and the Federation of State Farmers’ Association have called for revision in norms that determine crop loans and scientific assessment of flood and drought relief through NDRF and SDRF.
At a meeting of farmers from Mysuru and Chamarajanagar belt, it was also decided that the members will not campaign for any political party and dubbed both the Centre and the State governments as being antithetical to the welfare of the farmers.
Kurubur Shanthakumar, president of the federation, said the political parties were engaged in a show of one-upmanship in the run-up to the elections and the crisis plaguing the agricultural sector due to unprecedented drought has been totally ignored. The farmers called for revision of the NDRF and SDRF norms for release of drought and flood relief funds and sought scientific basis for determining the quantum so as to benefit the farmers.
