Sugarcane farmers threaten protest if FRP not revised
The Hindu
Claim amount being offered by Union government is less than the cost of cultivation
Sugarcane farmers of Karnataka have threatened to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha if the Union government does not revise the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane. The threat comes ahead of the Assembly session scheduled to begin on September 13. The Union government had recently hiked the FRP for sugarcane by ₹50 taking the price to ₹2,900/tonne. However, this is much less than even the cost of cultivation, claims Kuruburu Shanthakumar, president, Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers’ Association.
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