Kishan Morcha urges PM
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 08, 2012:
The BJP Kishan Morcha, Manipur Pradesh has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw the price hike in nutrition based subsidy of all 22 fertilisers including mixed fertilisers, DAP, MOP, SSP.
A memo submitted to the PM by the State unit of BJP Kishan Morcha also demanded that the farmers should be given subsidy directly rather than giving it through producers, importers and retailers.
It also demanded that accounts of farmers be opened and subsidy be deposited in their account while also adding that farmers should be given fertilizers under the control and indicative price policy.
Among others the demands included postponement of the existing nutrition based subsidy policy; maintenance of control policy on Urea; production and import of fertilisers on daily basis; continuation of distribution of fertilisers and to tackle the shortage of fertilisers.