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Bijapur, 30 November (HS). Congress organized a press conference at the district headquarters on Saturday and MLA Vikram Mandavi accused the BJP government of conspiring not to buy paddy from the farmers and said that it is clear from the new policy of the Vishnudev Sai government of the state that it aims to reduce the purchase of paddy from the farmers. Wants. This time the target is to purchase 160 lakh metric tons of paddy. The time fixed for this is from 14th November to 31st January. After subtracting Saturday, Sunday and government holidays, the total is 47 days. This means that the government will have to purchase approximately three and a half lakh metric tons per day, only then the target will be achieved. The speed at which paddy is being procured at present. It seems impossible to achieve the goal.
MLA Vikram Mandvi said that the Congress government had decided to give Rs 120 per quintal for paddy milling, the result of which was that 700 new rice mills were opened across the state. Now the government has reduced Rs 120 to Rs 60 for millers. Due to this, rice millers are on strike and there is a jam in the paddy society. After the decision to pay Rs 60 to millers instead of Rs 120, Rice Miller Associations in various districts have started expressing their inability to mill the paddy.
MLA Vikram Mandavi said that societies are instructed to purchase only a maximum of 752 quintals i.e. 1880 bags of paddy in a day. In such a situation, a farmer is being given a date in the coming days for his remaining paddy. The government has announced that the money will come to the accounts of the farmers within 72 hours, but the money has not come to the accounts of those who sold the grains on November 14. That’s not a solid Rs 3100, just Rs 2300. Coming only per quintal. The report regarding support price is being made wrong. On the basis of which only 9 to 12-14 quintals of paddy is being purchased. Full 21 quintals of paddy is not being purchased from the farmers. Paddy is not being purchased in the society from seed producing farmers. A notice has been pasted in the society that paddy from seed producing farmers will not be taken.
Regarding gunny bags, he said that there is a shortage of gunny bags in the society. The farmer is worried. The government has said that 50 percent new and 50 percent old gunny bags should be used. 50 percent of the old gunny bags have not reached the committees, due to which paddy procurement is being disrupted. Tokens are not being issued in paddy procurement centres, farmers stand for hours. Due to online token system, farmers are not getting the token even after 15 days. The MLA said that the price of paddy should be paid at Rs 3217 because BJP had said Rs 3100 in its election promise. The central government has fixed the support price of paddy at Rs 117. Has increased. For this reason, this year the purchase of paddy should be increased from Rs 3100 to Rs 3217. Even during the time of Congress, Congress had promised to give support price of paddy at Rs 2500, but when the support price was increased, Congress purchased paddy at Rs 2640. The BJP government has changed the policy of the Congress government on paddy procurement. According to the new policy, the policy of lifting buffer stock within 72 hours has been changed. Earlier, due to this provision, the committees had the right to challenge if there was no meeting within the time limit. Now, after the changes that have taken place, there is no limit on the increase of buffer stock. There is a shortage of space in paddy procurement centres. Earlier, Markfed was mandated to dispose of all the paddy by 28th February, now it has been extended to 31st March. Whereas paddy procurement will be till 31st January, after that paddy procurement will stop, that is, paddy will now remain kept in committees and collection centers for two months.