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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 'Tur' farmers in Maharashtra remind Modi of his 'chai pe charcha' promise -Abhiram Ghadyalpatil

'Tur' farmers in Maharashtra remind Modi of his 'chai pe charcha' promise -Abhiram Ghadyalpatil

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published Published on Jun 7, 2017   modified Modified on Jun 7, 2017
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At some 200-plus tur procurement centres in Maharashtra, where Nafed had agreed to purchase the crop till 31 May, the desperation of thousands of farmers represent all that is wrong with government intervention in the agriculture market

Wardha, Hinganghat (Vidarbha): Santosh Borkute, a cotton and tur cultivator in Amla village of Wardha district in Vidarbha region, has learned from Marathi newspapers that the Narendra Modi government has completed three years in office. He clearly remembers what Modi had promised more than three years back. When is the Prime Minister likely to fulfil his promise? Borkute asks.

In March 2014, Modi, then the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, held his trademark chai pe charcha (discussion over tea) in Dabhadi village of neighbouring Yavatmal district. Modi also addressed a public meeting in Yavatmal. At both these events, Modi made one commitment—that he as the prime minister would make sure farmers are paid 50% of their cost of production over and above the minimum support price (MSP) as “profit”. “There are big advertisements in newspapers and big cut-outs in Wardha saying Modi saheb is completing three years as prime minister. But there is no information about the promise he made right here in Vidarbha three years back,” Borkute says.

If the promise was kept, Borkute would have benefitted. But on 25 May, he was among the 200-odd tur farmers at the Wardha Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee’s (APMC) market yard waiting for the APMC staff to arrive and start purchasing their produce at the MSP of Rs5,050 per quintal.

“Forget 50% profit, we are struggling to get even MSP,” says Arun Harshbodhi, another farmer. Since 10 May, when Borkute brought his 25 quintals of tur to the market, he has made several visits in the hope of selling it. “All I have done these 15 days is come here, check if my tur is kept safely, and go home,” Borkute says.

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