Concerned over the spurt in farm suicides, the Prakasam Zilla Parishad on Thursday adopted a unanimous resolution, urging the Union and State governments to take immediate steps to implement the recommendations of the National Commission on Farmers headed by noted agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan.
Both the ruling Telugu Desam Party and the Opposition YSRC members agreed that farming could be profitable only if the panel’s recommendations were implemented in toto.
The Zilla Parishad also adopted a unanimous resolution, urging the Centre to provide a special package to Prakasam district on the lines of the one sanctioned for Rayalaseema and Uttarandhra districts.
It adopted resolutions urging the State government to declare all the 56 mandals in the district as drought-hit and demanding effective steps to regulate erection of flexi-boards.
TDP MLC and party central committee vice-president Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy underscored the need for a market stabilisation fund with equal contributions from the Union and State governments.
YSRC MLA from Kandukur Pothula Rama Rao demanded that the Centre release the compensation of Rs. 20 per kg of tobacco to all varieties of low-grade stock, while TDP MLA from Parchur Yelluri Sambasiva Rao wanted the district administration to encourage farmers to switch over from tobacco to other crops.
Telugu Desam Party MLA Dola Bala Veeranjaneyaswami wanted the Tobacco Board to take farmers into confidence before finalising the Minimum Guaranteed Price.
YSRC MLA from Addanki Gottipatti Ravikumar pointed out that cotton growers were in trouble, as the Cotton Corporation of India had left ryots to the mercy of private traders.
He demanded a minimum support price of Rs. 5,000 per quintal of cotton.
The house also adopted a resolution condoling the death of former Zilla Parishad chairperson Ch.Venkaiah and Kurchedu ZPTC K. Pichaiah.
Source : The Hindu
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