Communist Party of India (CPI) National General Secretary Suravaram Sudhakar on Friday demanded the Centre to increase cash support to small and marginal farmers from Rs 6000 to Rs 12000 per year. In a bid to provide relief to the distressed farm sector, the Centre has announced Rs 6000 per year cash support to small and marginal farmers that will cost the exchequer Rs 75,000 crore annually. It was announced by the BJP led NDA government at the Centre in its annual budget 2019-20.
Under the scheme called Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Rs 6000 will be transferred into the bank accounts of farmers in three installments, each installment of Rs 2000 who holding below five acres of agriculture land.
At a press conference here, Reddy welcomed the scheme for announcing it to only below five acres of land farmers.
Reddy said that there was no use with the Pradhan Mantri Kisahan Samman Nidhi scheme once after cud-down by the other subsidies like seed, fertilizers and other existing subsidies to the farmers.
“ If they have firm on farmers, the Centre should implement Swaminathan Committee recommendation. It is the only solution for the farm sector which is in distress state now”, the CPI leader said.(UNI)
