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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Year after Mandsaur farmer deaths, Rs 1 crore compensation has changed little -Mohammad Hamza Khan

Year after Mandsaur farmer deaths, Rs 1 crore compensation has changed little -Mohammad Hamza Khan

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published Published on Jun 6, 2018   modified Modified on Jun 6, 2018
-The Indian Express

While they were given compensation of Rs 1 crore and a government job, families say the root causes of farmers' problems are yet to be addressed and that they were yet to get justice.

Mandsaur (M.P.):
A year after six farmers were killed in Mandsaur during an agitation for better prices, their families are still angry and most plan to attend Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s rally on Wednesday. While they were given compensation of Rs 1 crore and a government job, families say the root causes of farmers’ problems are yet to be addressed and that they were yet to get justice.

In Chillod Piplya village, locals mill around the bust of Kanhaiyalal Patidar (44), who was killed in June last year. Among the score of people is Kanhaiyalal’s elder brother Jagdish. “The government gave Rs 1 crore to each family and a job to kin, but, farming is still a loss-making prospect,” he says.

“The prices of crops in mandis are always kept low by big traders during the harvesting season, and when most of it is bought, the prices rise, thus benefiting traders and not farmers.”

For the Kharif season last year, the MP government announced the BBY to shield farmers from price drops in mandis by crediting the difference between the minimum support price (MSP) and the corresponding modal rate, based on average prices prevailing for certain crops in mandis in select states.

“Farmers like us need money immediately to pay off debts. But under BBY, there is always uncertainty as it takes 2-3 months to credit it into our accounts. I sold off about eight quintal chana 20 days ago at about Rs 4,400/quintal which is roughly Rs 1,000 more than the mandi rate – but I am still waiting for the money,” Jagdish says.

Another farmer Praveen Kumar (38) echoes what Jagdish says, “Last year, I cultivated garlic for about Rs 75,000. If sold today at the mandi, I’ll barely get Rs 80,000. So, it is all lying at home.” Alleging widespread corruption in BBY, he says, “Not all farmers have enrolled under this scheme. So, traders purchase crop from such farmers and then claim BBY benefits in connivance with farmers registered under BBY.”

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The Indian Express, 6 June, 2018, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/madhya-pradesh-year-after-mandsaur-farmer-deaths-rs-1-crore-compensation-has-changed-little-shivraj-singh-chouhan-5205738/


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