The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Pritam Singh has said that the State Government should take immediate steps to provide relaxation to the farmers from the ongoing lock-down so that they could harvest the Kharif crop which is ready in their fields.
He said that in mountainous regions of the state, the crop is totally damaged while in the plain areas, the farmers are facing problems due to the ongoing lock-down and absence of the farm labourers.
Singh suggested that apart from giving relaxation to the farmers from the lock-down, the Government should take the help of MNREGS labourers in harvesting of the Kharif crops. He said that the Government should increase the minimum support price (MSP) of the food grains so that the financial condition of farmers is improved.
Singh said that the GST should be exempted on farm equipment and medicines and the Mandis should be allowed to remain open during the lock-down.
He demanded that the limit of Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) should be increased and the pending dues of sugarcane farmers should be cleared without anymore delay. The Congress leader said that in Haridwar district alone the sugarcane farmers have not received their payment from last two years.