Capt Amarinder demands bonus on paddy
Tuesday, 11/10/2011
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111011/punjab.htm
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh has demanded bonus on paddy since the Minimum Support Price (MSP) on the crop was not sufficient due to the rise in the input costs.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Capt Amarinder said the input costs in agriculture had increased substantially in the recent times hence there was a need to give bonus on paddy which was currently being procured.
He said in order to ensure that agriculture remained remunerative to the farmers, it was important that they should be given adequate MSP and when it was insufficient and not commensurate to the price index, farmers should be given bonus to compensate for their input costs.
The former Chief Minister said the diesel prices had gone up and so had the prices of fertilisers like the DAP. Under these circumstances agriculture was becoming less remunerative.
He said the farmers’ contribution in ensuring the food security in the country needed to be adequately acknowledged and their interests watched.
