MP for Mysuru Yaduveer visits tobacco auction platform in Periyapatna
The Hindu
MP Yaduveer Wadiyar visits tobacco auction platforms in Mysuru district following Centre's decision to support tobacco growers.
Following the Centre’s directions to the Tobacco Board for allowing the purchase of excess tobacco, MP for Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar on Thursday visited the tobacco auction platforms at Periyapatna and interacted with the growers.
Acting on the demand from the elected representatives, including the MP, the Centre has directed the Tobacco Board to permit registered traders and dealers to purchase excess flue-cured Virginia tobacco produced by unregistered growers during the auction season for the 2024-2025 crop year. This can be done at their auction platforms in the State, provided that the normal applicable service charges under the Tobacco Board Act of 1975 are paid.
While thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal for the step, the MP recalled the delegation that met the Minister and appealed for coming in support of the growers.
Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy had also met the Union Minister Piyush Goyal on the same issue. Along with Mr. Yaduveer, former Minister S.R. Mahesh, MLA for Hunsur G.T. Harish Gowda, and representatives of the tobacco farming community were present in the delegation.
JD-S Youth Wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy had also approached Mr. Piyush Gopal and urged him to come to the rescue of tobacco growers. He said in a recent statement that FCV (flue-cured Virginia) tobacco is cultivated over 53,325 hectares in Karnataka, with 40,487 registered farmers and 12,838 unlicensed growers. “This decision will particularly benefit 12,838 unlicensed tobacco farmers,” he said.
“The Narendra Modi-led government has taken a historic step to alleviate the distress of Karnataka’s tobacco farmers,” stated Mr. Nikhil Kumaraswamy.
Explaining the impact of the Centre’s decision, he stated that auction centers under the Tobacco Board will now allow the sale of excess tobacco from registered farmers and unauthorised tobacco from unregistered farmers. Additionally, farmers can access fair and transparent market prices.
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