Farmers to put siege to Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on August 20

Members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers’ Association will lay siege to the Vidhana Soudha on August 20, searching for the implementation of their long-pending calls for.

At a press convention right here on Saturday, H. Bhagyaraj, president of the sugarcane growers’ affiliation, mentioned that farmers may also maintain a ‘satyagraha’ at Freedom Park in Bengaluru.

Though the nation celebrated Independence Day on August 15,there was little for farmers to have a good time as the federal government had failed to make sure scientific pricing for agricultural produce, he mentioned.

Mr. Bhagyaraj mentioned that the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for 2025-26 must be fastened at ₹4,500 per ton, and harvesting and transportation prices have to be borne by the sugar factories.

The farmers additionally expressed concern that the weighing scales should not scientifically calibrated, because of which they endure losses. This must be averted by putting in the weighing scales in entrance of the factories in order that the farmers can monitor the method as nicely, they mentioned.

Mr. Bhagyaraj identified that the factories owed dues to the tune of ₹950 crores to sugarcane farmers, and added that this must be cleared instantly.

Drawing consideration to the scarcity of fertilizers, the affiliation mentioned that the difficulty has been politicised by each the State and the Centre, and that it was the accountability of the governments to make sure the supply of fertilizers and its easy distribution. The authorities had been urged to crack down on merchants creating synthetic shortage by hoarding fertilizer shares or promoting them at a value increased than the charges fastened by the federal government.

Mr. Bhagyaraj urged the federal government to implement the Mekedatu venture with out additional delay, and blamed the Centre and the State for failing to expedite the works.

The farmers acknowledged that banks are likely to insist on CIBIL scores earlier than releasing agricultural loans, and therefore urged the federal government to vary the coverage and delink CIBIL scores from farm loans. Any delay in reimbursement of mortgage because of crop failure or vagaries of nature has a adverse bearing on the CIBIL rating and impacts the farmers, the affiliation mentioned.

Drawing consideration to the low penetration of crop insurance coverage amongst farmers, the affiliation mentioned that the coverage and insurance coverage schemes must be tweaked to make a specific land of the farmer involved because the unit space of insurance coverage. When the unit space for crop insurance coverage is just too giant, particular person farmers endure as a result of injury to their crops could also be ignored and their claims rejected, if situations in different components of the realm are thought of regular, it added.

Other calls for included instant launch of ₹1,000 crore by the use of incentives which is pending for dairy farmers, institution of crop and milk procurement centres on the gram panchayat stage, rescinding the Land Reforms Act and APMC (Amendment) Act, implementation of the suggestions of M.S. Swaminathan Committee, a regulation guaranteeing statutory assure of Minimum Support Price for farmers’ produce, and many others.