Reduction in penalty sought for unauthorised tobacco cultivation
The Hindu
Pratap Simha, MP, writes to Union Minister, officials
Mysuru MP Pratap Simha has sought a reduction in penalty imposed on unauthorised cultivation of tobacco.
As a regulated crop, tobacco cultivation is controlled by the Tobacco Board, which imposes penalty not only on tobacco cultivated by unregistered growers, but also the tobacco grown in excess of the quota sanctioned to individual registered growers.
Mr. Simha, in a recent letter to Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, Commerce Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam and Tobacco Board Chairman has sought a reduction in penalty from the existing 10 per cent to 5 per cent on excess tobacco cultivated by both registered and unregistered growers in Karnataka.
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