Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has sought the state governments’ solutions to cut back the hole between the value paid by shoppers and quantity acquired by farmers for varied agricultural produce, together with fruit and veggies.
He was addressing agriculture ministers of states throughout a pre-budget assembly on Saturday.
“I wish to focus on yet another topic with you. We’re additionally considering significantly on this challenge. The farmer will get a cheaper price for his produce together with greens, fruits and different produce, the place he grows, however when it reaches in huge cities, it turns into very expensive for shoppers. How can we cut back this distinction? All of us ought to ponder on this,” Chauhan mentioned.
To scale back the burden of the transportation value, it has been determined that the federal government will bear the price of transportation for the agricultural produce like onion, tomatoes and potato procured by authorities businesses NAFED immediately from farmers, Chouhan mentioned, including that there are a number of such solutions in his thoughts.
Chauhan’s transfer to hunt states’ solutions to cut back the hole between the value paid by shoppers and quantity get by farmers is important in view of the findings of a current research by Reserve Financial institution of India (RBI) that mentioned wholesalers and retailers are pocketing nearly 2/3 of what shoppers pay to purchase greens and fruits from the market.
An evaluation of farmers’ share in shopper rupee for the three key greens – tomato, onion and potato (TOP) — said that farmers are getting round just one third of the value {that a} shopper is paying, in accordance with research on greens, pulses and fruits inflation performed by the Reserve Financial institution of India (RBI).
The farmers’ share within the shopper rupee is estimated at round 33 per cent for tomato, 36 per cent for onion and 37 per cent for potato, the research mentioned.
Through the assembly, held by means of a video convention, Chauhan additionally sought state agriculture ministers’ solutions for the union price range 2025-26.
He urged states to recommend methods to enhance and modify the continued central schemes within the farm sector. He additionally invited state ministers to have separate assembly with him in Delhi to debate any challenge associated to with their states.
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