‘Tamil Nadu govt should pay agreed MSP to tea planters’
3 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Tamil Nadu govt should pay agreed MSP to tea planters’

New Indian Express  

NILGIRIS: Opposition parties and DMK’s allies said government tea factories are paying farmers Rs 3 per kg less than the MSP fixed by the district committee for tea leaves. Speaking to TNIE, Manjai V Mohan, coordinator of the meeting and founder of Badagadesa Party, said, ‘In October, the tea fixation committee headed by district collector, Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneru, and the Tea Board Executive Director fixed Rs 24.59 for a kg of green tea leaves. However, the INDCO tea factories run by the state government is giving Rs 3 less than the fixed rate. If the state government unable to run the factories, it can give them to the trade unions and farmers,” said K Gopalakrishnan of AIADMK district deputy secretary.

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Farmers to petition Opposition MPs for private members’ bill on MSP guarantee
6 months, 1 week ago

Farmers to petition Opposition MPs for private members’ bill on MSP guarantee

The Hindu  

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is spearheading an agitation for the welfare of farmers, will be submitting a memorandum to the Opposition MPs on July 8 seeking the introduction of a private members’ bill demanding a law on Minimum Support Price guarantee and complete waiver of farm loans. The president of the Federation of Karnataka Farmers’ Associations Kurubur Shanthakumar, who …

TN farmers unhappy with 5 per cent paddy MSP hike, want incentive from govt
6 months, 3 weeks ago

TN farmers unhappy with 5 per cent paddy MSP hike, want incentive from govt

New Indian Express  

TIRUCHY/MADURAI: The central government’s announcement to raise the minimum support price for paddy from Rs 2,183/quintal to Rs 2,300 has met with mixed response, as majority of the farmers are unhappy with the increment of Rs 117 or 5% compared to last year. Imploring the government to consider raising the MSP to Rs 3,200/quintal, farmers’ associations have argued that the …

Odisha: Will make paddy purchase clean & transparent says Manmohan Samal
8 months, 1 week ago

Odisha: Will make paddy purchase clean & transparent says Manmohan Samal

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal on Thursday alleged irregularities of over Rs 1 lakh crore in paddy procurement in the state and assured transparency will be restored if his party came to power. Describing the BJD government in the state as anti-farmer, Samal said if BJP comes to power, all paddy grown by farmers will be procured. Alleging the …

Ensure water supply for mango cultivation in Krishnagiri district: Edappadi Palaniswami to T.N. government
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ensure water supply for mango cultivation in Krishnagiri district: Edappadi Palaniswami to T.N. government

The Hindu  

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, urged the DMK government to take steps to ensure water supply for mango cultivation in Krishnagiri district and facilitate a minimum support price for mango farmers. In a statement, Mr. Palaniswami said 90% of the water bodies in Krishnagiri district have been affected due to the deficit in rainfall, …

Harish Rao urges Telangana CM to procure entire sunflower produced this season at MSP
9 months, 1 week ago

Harish Rao urges Telangana CM to procure entire sunflower produced this season at MSP

The Hindu  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and former minister T. Harish Rao has requested Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to procure entire sunflower estimated to be produced in the State this season at the Minimum Support Price of ₹6,760 per quintal as against the plans to procure only 22.5% of the produce. Mr. Rao stated that he had earlier addressed a …

BJP promises Odisha farmers free power, Rs 3,100 per quintal for paddy
10 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP promises Odisha farmers free power, Rs 3,100 per quintal for paddy

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Even before releasing its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections, the BJP on Monday promised to pay Rs 3,100 per quintal of paddy and free electricity to farmers if it comes to power in Odisha. State BJP president Manmohan Samal said farmers of the state have been mostly neglected under the BJD government as their average income remains one …

Kavitha Kuruganti: “Don’t equate MSP with government procurement”
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kavitha Kuruganti: “Don’t equate MSP with government procurement”

New Indian Express  

As the country approaches yet another general election, the atmosphere in the nation’s capital is again heating up, but not because of the usual politics. Their primary demand is the establishment of legally-mandated minimum prices for all agricultural produce in India – also known as ‘legal MSP’ or ‘legal minimum support price’. In fact, many critics are interpreting the demands …

TN agri budget 2024: Shoestring fund upsets Ramnad farmers
10 months, 3 weeks ago

TN agri budget 2024: Shoestring fund upsets Ramnad farmers

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: After the agriculture budget was tabled on Tuesday, there was discontent among a section of farmers and agricultural exporters from Madurai. The Minimum Support Price of Rs 25 for paddy, which was one of the poll promises of the DMK, did not feature in the budget, leaving farmers disappointed. To boost the agriculture sector in the state, the budget …

AP procured 3.10 crore metric tonnes of paddy from 32.78 lakh farmers, says Karumuri
1 year, 4 months ago

AP procured 3.10 crore metric tonnes of paddy from 32.78 lakh farmers, says Karumuri

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Civil Supplies Minister Karumuri Nageswara said on Sunday that the AP government provided minimum support price for the paddy it procured from the farmers and kept middlemen and brokers out of the purchase process. Refuting allegations of Telugu Desam chief Chandrababu Naidu and others that the state government was neglecting paddy farmers, the minister said that during the five …

Telangana BJP hails hike in MSP
1 year, 7 months ago

Telangana BJP hails hike in MSP

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana BJP expressed its appreciation for the Union government's decision to increase the minimum support price for various crops in the upcoming Kharif crop season and the 2023-24 marketing season. Union minister G. Kishan Reddy highlighted the significant benefits for Telangana farmers, with MSPs having increased by an average of 60 per cent to 80 per cent since …

Telangana BJP Applauds Union Government's Increased MSP
1 year, 7 months ago

Telangana BJP Applauds Union Government's Increased MSP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP expressed its appreciation for the Union government's decision to increase the minimum support price for various crops in the upcoming Kharif crop season and the 2023-24 marketing season. Union minister G. Kishan Reddy highlighted the significant benefits for Telangana farmers, with MSPs having increased by an average of 60 per cent to 80 per cent since …

TS govt to set up 7,100 procurement centres to purchase paddy from Tuesday
1 year, 9 months ago

TS govt to set up 7,100 procurement centres to purchase paddy from Tuesday

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has decided to set up procurement centres from Tuesday to purchase paddy from farmers at minimum support price for ongoing rabi season, as directed by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. Chief Secretary A.Santhi Kumari, additional collectors, civil supplies officials, depot managers of all districts besides officials from Food Corporation of India attended the meeting. The government …

Farmers prefer selling paddy to private traders
2 years, 1 month ago

Farmers prefer selling paddy to private traders

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Farmers of Khammam district are preferring to sell their paddy to private traders than state government despite getting a price lower than the minimum support price of Rs 2,060 for A grade and Rs 2,040 for B grade paddy. Enquiries reveal that farmers do not mind losing Rs 50 to Rs 100 per quintal of paddy because private traders …

Tea Board seeks ₹1,000 crore for next five years for the industry
2 years, 2 months ago

Tea Board seeks ₹1,000 crore for next five years for the industry

The Hindu  

The Tea Board has sought an assistance of ₹1,000 crore from the Ministry of Commerce for the tea industry in the next five years. Tea Board chairman Sourav Pahari said the proposed budget for five years starting 2022-23 takes into account small tea growers, orthodox subsidies to the industry, technology and research as well as promotion. Speaking at the 139th …

Assam small tea growers resent hike in workers’ wages
2 years, 4 months ago

Assam small tea growers resent hike in workers’ wages

The Hindu  

Small tea growers in Assam have resented the State government’s “unilateral” decision to increase the daily wage of plantation workers across gardens big and small to ₹232. The All Assam Small Tea Growers’ Association said equating them with large gardens was an injustice on the part of the government. Government not extending subsidies: team growers’ body Assam has about 1.22 …

Assam hikes daily wages of tea garden workers by ₹27
2 years, 5 months ago

Assam hikes daily wages of tea garden workers by ₹27

The Hindu  

The daily wages of tea garden workers in Assam were hiked by ₹27, the second increase in such payments since the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government came to power in the State in May last year, an official said on August 9. Mr. Sarma said welfare of tea garden workers has always been his government's top priority. He said the cash …

TS decides to buy paddy at MSP; revokes GO 111
2 years, 9 months ago

TS decides to buy paddy at MSP; revokes GO 111

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday announced that the government had decided to purchase paddy at minimum support price from farmers in the rabi season, which will cost the state about Rs 3,500 crore. For that reason, we have decided to purchase paddy on our own although it may put an additional burden of Rs 3,500 crore on …

Centre takes steps to curb blending of 'inferior quality' imported tea with premium Indian teas
3 years, 2 months ago

Centre takes steps to curb blending of 'inferior quality' imported tea with premium Indian teas

Hindustan Times  

The Tea board of India took a major step to curb the blending of teas of inferior qualities with teas of Indian origin from Darjeeling, Kangra, Assam and Nilgiri. Registered buyers have been directed to avoid blending imported tea of inferior quality with teas from these regions. A majority of the blended teas currently available in the market is actually …

Tamil Nadu’s Silver Needle Tea Fetches Record Rs 16,400 per Kg at International Auction
3 years, 6 months ago

Tamil Nadu’s Silver Needle Tea Fetches Record Rs 16,400 per Kg at International Auction

News 18  

A kilogram of silver needle white tea powder from a private factory in ​​Coonoor from the Nilgiris district has fetched a record price of Rs 16,400 at an international tea auction. The factory-produced special tea powders from various tea factories have recently come up for international auction which is currently being conducted online from the Coonoor Tea Trade Association as …

This election season, there’s a storm brewing in Assam’s tea gardens
3 years, 9 months ago

This election season, there’s a storm brewing in Assam’s tea gardens

Live Mint  

Six years ago, when Thomas Kerketta visited Garih Jharia Maria, his ancestral village in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district, everyone treated him as an outsider. At his campaign rally in Dhekiajuli in the first week of February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of his government’s goodwill measures for tea-garden workers, even cautioning them against an “international conspiracy” to malign the Indian tea …

BJP govt hikes daily wages of tea garden workers in Assam ahead of assembly polls
3 years, 10 months ago

BJP govt hikes daily wages of tea garden workers in Assam ahead of assembly polls

India TV News  

Ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam, the BJP-led state government on Saturday increased the daily wages of scores of tea garden workers from Rs 167 to Rs 217 per day, officials said. The officials said that the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has decided to increase the daily wages of tea garden workers from Rs 167 …

MSP model's utility is long gone; new farm laws will give farmers more market access, promote agri exports
4 years, 1 month ago

MSP model's utility is long gone; new farm laws will give farmers more market access, promote agri exports

Firstpost  

If administered prices have been seen to be ineffective in so many areas of economic activity, why should Indian agriculture be any different? In Piparia, near Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, a small farmer acted successfully against a large private firm to get contracted price for his paddy using new farm laws. The Federation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Farmers for Market …

Centre against providing subsidies, more MSP to farmers: KCR
4 years, 2 months ago

Centre against providing subsidies, more MSP to farmers: KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: The Centre is forcing the state government not to pay more than the minimum support price for paddy, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao alleged on Saturday. Only our Union government is against it and even forces the state governments not to provide MSP to farmers," he said while addressing farmers at Kodakandla in Jangaon district where he inaugurated the …

Govt Procures Over 11 Lakh Tonnes Paddy at MSP Worth Rs 2,100 Cr in Last 10 Days
4 years, 3 months ago

Govt Procures Over 11 Lakh Tonnes Paddy at MSP Worth Rs 2,100 Cr in Last 10 Days

News 18  

The Centre on Tuesday said over 11 lakh tonnes of kharif paddy has been procured at minimum support price from farmers for a total of Rs 2,103.46 crore in the last 10 days. "As on October 5, cumulative procurement of paddy in the 2020-21 kharif marketing season has already crossed 11.14 lakh tonnes," the Union Food Ministry said in a …

Assam Govt Announces Rs 200 Crore Package for Tea Industry
4 years, 3 months ago

Assam Govt Announces Rs 200 Crore Package for Tea Industry

News 18  

The Assam government on Friday announced a Rs 200-crore incentive package for the state's tea industry, including three years exemption of agricultural income tax, to give a boost to the sector. The tea industry in the state is going through a difficult phase for the past few years and the gardens were also closed due to the lockdown, Finance Minister …

BJP’s one market for farmers is a myth | Opinion
4 years, 3 months ago

BJP’s one market for farmers is a myth | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

Should India’s farmers have the economic freedom to market their produce to whoever and wherever they want at an agreed price? The nearest Agriculture Produce Market Committee market yard for Gawande is 25 km away where licenced traders will bid for his produce, starting with the Minimum Support Price declared by the government. The Bharatiya Janata Party government has passed …

'MSP an Issue, Had Raised it with Govt': RSS Farmers' Wing Refrain from Mega Stir But They Too Are Upset
4 years, 3 months ago

'MSP an Issue, Had Raised it with Govt': RSS Farmers' Wing Refrain from Mega Stir But They Too Are Upset

News 18  

A day after BJP managed to push two contentious farm bills through the Parliament, which the Prime Minister described as a ‘landmark’ event in the country’s history, the farmers’ wing of the RSS, the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh expressed unhappiness with the bills in a conversation with News18. Though, Mishra says that the concerns over MSP expressed by many farmers, union …

Kozhikode: Tea farmers in trouble
5 years, 3 months ago

Kozhikode: Tea farmers in trouble

Deccan Chronicle  

KOZHIKODE: With plantations leasing out estates to private groups at throwaway prices and small and marginal farmers abandoning tea farms, the failure of Union government to ensure sufficient funds for the Tea Board of India and also assuring a floor price for green tea leaf, has put the lower and middle-class farmers of Wayanad and adjacent Nilgiri district of Tamil …

A grim Diwali for farmers as new MSP policy fails to cheer them
6 years, 2 months ago

A grim Diwali for farmers as new MSP policy fails to cheer them

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The June of 2017 marked an inflection point in Indian agriculture. Firstly, it promised that henceforth MSPs will be fixed to ensure at least 50% returns on production cost to farmers and secondly, it pledged to ensure effective price support-based procurement of pulses and oilseeds, going beyond the usual rice and wheat purchased by the government for the …

Minimum support price: Unkept promises on cost mitigation, bad formula to determine MSP compound farm woes
6 years, 4 months ago

Minimum support price: Unkept promises on cost mitigation, bad formula to determine MSP compound farm woes

Firstpost  

The cost of purchasing inputs like seeds, pesticides, fertilisers and machinery among others falls under the ‘A2’ cost category, while the cost of family labour is reflected in the ‘FL’ component. In a press release, the government announced that the MSP would be set at 50 percent over the cost of production and vowed to double farmers’ incomes by 2022. …

Industry aims to serve tea to schoolgoers to stir demand
6 years, 6 months ago

Industry aims to serve tea to schoolgoers to stir demand

The Hindu  

The tea industry aims to target schoolchildren to boost per capita consumption and is planning to do a survey before starting a campaign, Azam Monem, chairman, Indian Tea Association, said. Addressing a press meet to share the industry’s concerns over a three-day strike notice served by 28 trade unions in West Bengal, Mr. Monem said peak season work-disruptions would hurt …

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