Sugarcane farmers plan to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha on October 5
The Hindu
The condemn measly hike in FRP
Sugarcane Growers from across Karnataka are planning to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on October 5 to bring pressure on the Centre to review the ‘measly’ hike announced in the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane from ₹2,850 per tonne to ₹2,900 per tonne.
Arguing that the hike translates to just ₹5 per quintal of sugarcane, the Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association President Kurubur Shanthakumar accused the Centre of yielding to the pressure of sugar mill lobby and causing injustice to the farmers at a time when the cost of production had increased steeply.
The Centre recently fixed the FRP for sugarcane with a recovery rate of 10 per cent sugar at ₹2,900 per tonne.
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