Kalaburagi, Sept 28: Taking serious exception to the cap on quantity set by the Union government for procurement of Greengram and Blackgram, leaders of different farmers organisations on Saturday demanded the removal of cap, enabling growers to sell their entire crop at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 7,050 for green gram and Rs 5,700 for black gram a quintal.
Addressing a press conference here, leaders of the Karnataka Pranta Raitha Sangha (KPRS) and the Federation of Cooperative Societies said the restriction on quantity imposed by the Union government was forcing a large section of growers to sell crop in the open market at much lower prices, compared to the MSP.
Maruti Manpade, Leader of Karnataka Pranta Raith Sangh, said the production of green gram cultivated in around 47,000 hectors and black gram raised in 24,000 hectors in the district, was expected to be 3.72 lakh quintals.
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