Bharatiya Janata Party leader Varun Gandhi on Sunday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to increase the selling price of sugarcane and imp...
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Varun Gandhi on Sunday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to increase the selling price of sugarcane and implement relief measures for farmers.
Gandhi wrote a letter about this to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath, a week after thousands of farmers gathered in the state’s Muzaffarnagar district to protest against the Centre’s three contentious agricultural laws.
The Lok Sabha MP from Pilibhit said he had met a delegation of farmers who asked him to convey their concerns to Adityanath.
Gandhi said that the Uttar Pradesh government should increase the selling price of sugarcane from Rs 315 per quintal to Rs 400. “Sugarcane farmers also want adequate amounts of seeds and insecticides,” the BJP leader added.
The Lok Sabha MP said that the annual income support of Rs 6,000 provided to farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme should be doubled. “The state government can considering contributing Rs 6,000 from its own funds,” Gandhi said.
Gandhi suggested providing the farmers a bonus of Rs 200 per quintal above the minimum support price of paddy and wheat.
In his letter, the BJP leader also highlighted farmers’ concerns about expensive diesel. He urged the Uttar Pradesh chief minister to at least provide them a subsidy of Rs...
