BJP, Congress lock horns as paddy politics plants up in poll-bound Chhattisgarh

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RAIPUR:  With the Union Cupboard’s contemporary hike at the Minimal Give a boost to Costs (MSP) on Kharif plants for 2023-24, the paddy politics has returned to the poll-bound Chhattisgarh. The BJP has requested the Congress govt to pay again each and every rupee beneath the MSP quantity raised via the Centre on paddy.

The Modi govt had greater the MSP via Rs 143 remaining week, taking it to Rs 2,183 in line with quintal of paddy. “The Centre has raised the MSP for more than a few plants together with paddy. The rice got from the paddy is bought via the Centre and the state govt simply works as an agent within the procurement procedure. All through the continuing Kharif season, the Centre has bought 61 lakh tonnes of rice for the Central pool and used over 90 lakh tonnes of paddy,” mentioned state BJP president Arun Sao, sharing the knowledge on Chhattisgarh. The Congress countered this. “It sounds as if that Arun Sao isn’t acquainted with the gadget of paddy procurement and is giving baseless assertions.

Annually, the state govt takes loans value Rs 20-25 crore from more than a few banks just for paddy procurement. The Centre doesn’t give any make stronger to the Chhattisgarh govt on it,” mentioned Mohammed Akbar, the state cupboard minister. 

He added that Chhattisgarh is the one state purchasing paddy on the best MSP of Rs 2,500 in line with quintal and with the quantity launched beneath the Rajiv Gandhi Nyay Yojana, the farmers get Rs 2,650 in line with quintal.
Paddy procurement stays a big political factor in Chhattisgarh, cited because the ‘rice bowl of Central India’. Akbar mentioned that the present govt has raised the choice of cooperative societies for paddy growers from 1,333 to two,058 and all farmers promoting their paddy are registered within the Chhattisgarh Built-in Kisan Portal and now not any web site of the Centre.

RAIPUR:  With the Union Cupboard’s contemporary hike at the Minimal Give a boost to Costs (MSP) on Kharif plants for 2023-24, the paddy politics has returned to the poll-bound Chhattisgarh. The BJP has requested the Congress govt to pay again each and every rupee beneath the MSP quantity raised via the Centre on paddy.

The Modi govt had greater the MSP via Rs 143 remaining week, taking it to Rs 2,183 in line with quintal of paddy. “The Centre has raised the MSP for more than a few plants together with paddy. The rice got from the paddy is bought via the Centre and the state govt simply works as an agent within the procurement procedure. All through the continuing Kharif season, the Centre has bought 61 lakh tonnes of rice for the Central pool and used over 90 lakh tonnes of paddy,” mentioned state BJP president Arun Sao, sharing the knowledge on Chhattisgarh. The Congress countered this. “It sounds as if that Arun Sao isn’t acquainted with the gadget of paddy procurement and is giving baseless assertions.

Annually, the state govt takes loans value Rs 20-25 crore from more than a few banks just for paddy procurement. The Centre doesn’t give any make stronger to the Chhattisgarh govt on it,” mentioned Mohammed Akbar, the state cupboard minister. googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

He added that Chhattisgarh is the one state purchasing paddy on the best MSP of Rs 2,500 in line with quintal and with the quantity launched beneath the Rajiv Gandhi Nyay Yojana, the farmers get Rs 2,650 in line with quintal.
Paddy procurement stays a big political factor in Chhattisgarh, cited because the ‘rice bowl of Central India’. Akbar mentioned that the present govt has raised the choice of cooperative societies for paddy growers from 1,333 to two,058 and all farmers promoting their paddy are registered within the Chhattisgarh Built-in Kisan Portal and now not any web site of the Centre.