Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh writes to PM to seek withdrawal of value cut on shriveled wheat

 

Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh writes to PM to seek withdrawal of value cut on shriveled wheat

CHANDIGARH, APRIL 28: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday looked for guaranteed withdrawal of the value cut imposed by the Center on farmers while permitting relaxations in details of wilted grains and gloss misfortune, brought about by unseasonal rains in the state. 

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister communicated stun that while tolerating the state's previous portrayal to report relaxations, the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution had imposed substantial value cuts in the MSP, along these lines further troubling the farmers, previously enduring misfortunes because of reduced livelihoods and the lockdown impacts. 

Captain Amarinder repeated his interest in permitting the relaxations with no value cut, encouraging the Prime Minister to encourage the Ministry to audit its prior choice right away. The value cut imposed differs from Rs. 4.81 to Rs. 24.06 per quintal for withered grains and Rs. 4.81 for shine misfortune. 

The Chief Minister, in his letter, said the Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Department had just made a reference to the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution looking for unwinding in particulars with no value cut. In its reaction on April 28, the Union Ministry allowed certain unwinding for wheat crop neglecting to meet the parameters of wilted grains and radiance misfortune, yet imposed value cut. 

Captain Amarinder declared that the farmers of Punjab are today taking care of the country in this hour of emergency. It is, hence, uncalled for to decrease their salary in any way at all, particularly for reasons outside their ability to control and because of the limitations imposed by the lockdown. 

The Chief Minister additionally said that unseasonal downpours had lashed numerous pieces of Punjab in the long stretch of March, 2020, preceding the wheat harvest could develop. The issue was intensified by the declaration of the lockdown the nation over and the farmers couldn't take preventive measures to spare their harvests, he watched. 

Thus, said Captain Amarinder, it had been seen that wheat grain showing up in the Mandis in specific pieces of Punjab had gotten wilted, and in some different territories, there were reports of gloss misfortune as well.

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