A.P. authorities mandates procurement of Burley tobacco at ₹12,000 per quintal-OxBig News Network

After deliberations Andhra Pradesh Government has mandated the tobacco firms to obtain Burley tobacco from the farmers within the State at ₹12,000 for quintal for Grade A and ₹5,400 for quintal for Grade B. The Grade A consists of all types of qualities whereas the Grade B is the least high quality.  

Minister for Agriculture Kinjarapu Atchannaidu, after a gathering on the camp workplace of Parchur MLA Yeluri Sambasiva Rao close to right here on Saturday (May 24), directed the businesses to begin buying the produce from Sunday. The members of Cabinet Sub-Committee on agriculture costs, together with Mr. Atchanniadu and Gottipati Ravi Kumar, held the assembly with all of the stakeholders, together with tobacco growers, farmers associations, firms representatives, officers from Indian Tobacco Board and others.

Minister Atchannaidu maintained that the businesses mustn’t return the tobacco on pretexts like high quality or others, however should buy the whole tobacco produced in Andhra Pradesh, estimated about 70 million Kgs. He additionally assured that the State authorities would help the farming group and firms by extending monetary help for processing the Burley tobacco. The State authorities need to spend for proccessing at the least ₹17 per Kg of Burley tobacco and had allotted ₹200 crore for that objective. Once the tobacco is processed correctly, then it might be saved for multiple yr and the businesses may make the most of the produce within the subsequent yr as properly.  

On the opposite hand, the Minister knowledgeable that the federal government can be keen to help the businesses by deploying the workers from Agriculture and A.P. Markfed, in the event that they want additional workers in procuring the tobacco. At the identical time, he added that the State authorities would procure the tobacco from the farmers by A.P. Markfed, if wanted, on the finish of the season.  

The Minister for Agriculture urged the businesses to obtain the whole produce from the farmers, because the tobacco bought by A.P. Markfed must be bought to the identical firms.

He assured the farmers that the State authorities had taken the problem very critically and would monitor the whole procurement course of, until the sale of the final Kg. He additionally mentioned that the State authorities would promote different crops within the ensuing agriculture yr, which would scale back the provision of the Burley tobacco available in the market subsequent yr. 

Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar mentioned that each authorities and firms ought to defend the lives of the farmers. He noticed that the businesses loved the income thus far and it’s the time for them to come back to assistance from the farmers when the whole farming group is in misery. 

Chairman of Tobacco Board of India Yashwanth Kumar Chidipothu mentioned that the Board prolonged help to the farmers, even if the Board didn’t have a mandate with respect to the Burley tobacco.