RANCHI: Ahead of the resistance BJP’s statewide wake against farmer’s anxieties on Friday, two senior ministry of Hemant authorities, upped ante from the saffron camp by discharging info on advance waivers to farmers and composing a letter to Centre accusing its bureau rather than releasing funding instead of paddy procurement.
Finance Union Rameshwar Oraon in his own correspondence to Union ministry of Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal sought immediate release of Rs 180 crores impending with Food Corporation of India (FCI) in lieu of paddy procurement by farmers.
Oraon, that in-charge of this nation food, public supply and consumer affairs division, detained FCI of high-handedness and being discriminated to the farmers in a time when most are fighting financial crisis because of covid-19 pandemic.
With beginning of monsoon and commencement of kharif period, non-refundable of cash to farmers would be farther posing heed to them,” he said.
Based on Oraon, country authorities secured 4.6 lakh metric tons of paddy in 2020-21 year on minimum support price (MSP) because there’s a need for Rs 943.21 crores to create payments to farmers.
“State has paid Rs 568.50 crores so much of that FCI just gave Rs 162 in lieu of their shares it obtained in the rice mills.
At present, Rs 374.1 crore is impending to farmers at the country of that Rs 180 is expected with FCI.
Despite numerous letters and reminders, officials are non-responsive.
We’ve also been getting several complaints in the area against apathetic mindset of FCI officials towards farmers worries.
It’s therefore, asked for the proactive measures to guarantee FCI remits the sum shortly in the sake of farmers of the country,” Oraon wrote.
Speaking to TOI on the flip side, agriculture ministry and Jarmundi MLA Badal Patralekh after a review meeting now, stated that from 9,02,603 farmers recognized for plantation loan waivers, they’ve disbursed capital in song of Rs 980 crore to banks to 2,46,012 farmers.
“The characters are according to date.
Regardless of the covid-19 outbreak, say government is meeting its guarantee of loan waivers around Rs 50,000.
Of about complete 9 lakh farmers, Aadhar seeding of 5,51,265 bank balances are complete from the banks.
Obviously, particulars of 2,73,265 are already uploaded from the banks and cash to get 2,46,012 that will be in tune of Rs 980 crore is currently eradicated,” said Badal, including e-KYC of staying accounts are penalized by banks correspondents to release additional funds.
“Not just that, of this complete goal of 44,000 quintals of supply of kharif seeds to farmers that this monsoon, we’ve achieved over 68 percent.
Thinking about the need, we’ve put further arrangement for 6,000 quintals of seeds,” he added, criticizing BJP for performing politics within the farmers difficulty from the nation.
“BJP has 12 from 14 MPs in Jharkhand but barely anyone has increased voice against FCI, that is a central management agency, because of its own territorial attitude towards farmers of the nation.
Contrary to BJP, our authorities talks on the truth,” he explained.
BJP on the other hand has intended to strike farmlands throughout the country from 8am-11am against nation authorities for impending payments to farmers instead of paddy procurement, plantation loans amongst others.
Party president Deepak Prakash stated,”Maintaining social media, BJP employees will strike to farmlands throughout the nation to fight against the anti-farmers, anti-poor government”