Urging the Karnataka Government to remove restrictions in procurement of ragi under support price regime, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah asked the government to also increase support price for ragi to help farmers affected by unseasonal rains in 2021.
He said that the State Government has restricted the quantum of ragi to be procured as the Centre has restricted the total procurement to 2.1 lakh tonnes. Agriculture Department has estimated ragi production in Karnataka to be about 15 lakh tonnes this season, he added. In fact, the government had procured 4.7 lakh tonnes of ragi in 2021, he pointed out.
