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Haryana arhtiyas’ strike hits produce sale

September 22, 2020 07:57 AM

COURTESY HT SEPT 22

Haryana arhtiyas’ strike hits produce sale
Neeraj Mohan

neeraj.mohan@htlive.com

Karnal : Even as the prices of Basmati have declined to around ₹1,000 per quintal, paddy growers in Haryana are unable to sell their produce due to the indefinite strike of the commission agents, which entered the fourth day on Monday.

The ahartia (commission agents ) are on an indefinite strike against the Centre’s farm bills. “The government has become uncontrollable and it is misusing the mandate to enact such anti-farmer and anti-ahartia laws. Agitations will continue if the government fails to resolve this issue,” said Ashok Gupta, state president of Haryana Anaj Mandi Ahartia Association.

Due to the strike, the commission agents have not allowed traders to procure paddy and farmers have been made to wait in the mandis for the past three days. Thousands of migrant labourers have been sitting idle since the procurement operations were stopped on September 18. The growers of early varieties of paddy like PUSA 1509 of Basmati and PR 126 of Parmal are bearing the brunt as the strike may cause a glut in the mandis, leading to a further fall in prices.

“My produce from four acres of land is lying unsold in the mandi since three days. There are no buyers because of the strike. I am unable to pay the labourers who harvested this crop,” said Sandeep Kumar, a farmer of Nilokheri in Karnal district.

According to farmers and commission agents, there are no buyers despite the prices of some varieties of Basmati having declined to below ₹2,000 per quintal. Last year, the price was ₹3,000 per quintal. Farmers fear that the prices may drop further due to the ongoing strike as the government does not have any control over private buyers and there is no Minimum Support Price for Basmati varieties.

The All India Rice Exporters’ Association (AIREA) has also extended its support to the commission agents as it has decided not to procure paddy until the government exempts the market fee even on paddy procured from grain markets.

AIREA has issued an advisory to private traders asking them not to procure paddy till the government decides to withdraw market fee and rural infrastructure development fee.

 

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