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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Rs 15/litre diesel price hike burns a big hole in farmers' pockets -Anju Agnihotri Chaba

Rs 15/litre diesel price hike burns a big hole in farmers' pockets -Anju Agnihotri Chaba

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published Published on Sep 21, 2018   modified Modified on Sep 21, 2018
-The Indian Express

But it may give a boost for S-SMS/Happy Seeder technology adoption to prevent paddy straw burning

Jalandhar:
Thakur Dyal Singh has never in the past raised the rates for operation of his combine harvester in farmers’ fields by more than Rs 100 per acre. Till around 2012-13, he was charging Rs 800-1,000 for harvesting, threshing and cleaning their paddy or wheat crop from one acre using his machine. In 2017-18, his rate was Rs 1,200 per acre, which meant an annual increase of Rs 40-80 during this five-year period.

But for the coming paddy harvesting season, beginning October, Singh has decided to charge Rs 1,500 per acre, which is a Rs 300 hike at one go. “It is big and I’m not happy at all. But given how diesel prices have gone up (the fuel is currently retailing at Rs 73.87 per litre in Delhi, as against Rs 58.85 a year ago), do I have an alternative? My fuel costs have risen by over 25 per cent. I am revising my rates, too, by the same extent,” points out this combine owner, who is from Bariyan village of Mukerian tehsil in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district.

Singh’s machine consumes roughly 10 litres of diesel in an hour and can cover an acre of paddy in 30 to 45 minutes. “If the farmer’s land is properly levelled and his crop is standing upright, it will take half an hour. But if the land is uneven and the crop isn’t straight or has suffered lodging, it may take 15-20 minutes more time,” he explains.

Raghbir Singh plans to charge even more: Rs 1,800 per acre. The reason for it is that his combine is fitted with a Super-Straw Management System or S-SMS unit. This attachment, which basically cuts the loose straw thrown by the combine and spreads it uniformly in the field, results in extra diesel consumption of about two litres per hour. “The S-SMS attachment makes the combine heavier. We also need to run it slower for doing the straw cutting and spreading operation. And since it takes 45-55 minutes to cover one acre, the charges are more than for the regular combine. But the increase from last year’s rate of Rs 1,400-1,500 per acre is, no doubt, steep,” admits the 56-year-old combine operator from Kanoi village in Sangrur tehsil and district.

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The Indian Express, 20 September, 2018, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/positive-spin-off-rs-15-litre-diesel-price-hike-burns-a-big-hole-in-farmers-pockets-5365362/


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