Growers’ team meets Finance Minister
The Hindu
A delegation of the Karnataka Growers Federation, on Wednesday, met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi and submitted a memorandum of several demands including the restructuring of farm
A delegation of the Karnataka Growers Federation, on Wednesday, met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi and submitted a memorandum of several demands including the restructuring of farm loans borrowed by the planters.
The delegation that included KGF office-bearers was led by Chikkamagaluru MLA and BJP national general secretary C.T. Ravi. They urged the Minister to offer fresh loans for the planters at lower interest rates. The members of the delegation brought to the notice of the Minister that the governments of coffee-growing countries had been offering loans at low interest rates to encourage them to compete with other countries.
The KGF representatives also appealed to the Minister to exempt coffee planters from the ambit of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.