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Jute farmers demand hike in MSP
Jute purchasing centres have lost their existence in Srikakulam as the cultivated area and production is gradually decreasing every year. Adding insult to injury, price at purchasing centres is less than open market. Hence, farmers are demanding the government to give reasonable price for their produce.
Srikakulam: Jute purchasing centres have lost their existence in Srikakulam as the cultivated area and production is gradually decreasing every year. Adding insult to injury, price at purchasing centres is less than open market. Hence, farmers are demanding the government to give reasonable price for their produce.
It may be recalled that purchasing centres were set up at Ponduru, Rajam, Hiramandal, Amudalavalasa and Kotabommali in the district to purchase jute from farmers.
Notably, jute cultivated area has been slowly reducing in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts since 2005 as jute imports are on the rise from Bangladesh. Similarly, demand for jute is on the wane due to use of polythene covers and plastic. In this back drop, jute mills in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram district are facing problems in getting raw material and they had been depending upon West Bengal, Assam and Bihar for raw material. Due to increase in raw jute price, industries are being winded up in these districts.
The Jute Corporation of India has fixed the price of jute Rs 2,762 per quintal for O-top variety, Rs 2,722 for S –middle, Rs 2,682 for middle, Rs 2,642 for bottom, Rs 2,582 for B- bottom and Rs 2,432 for X-bottom.
But traders are paying more than Rs 400 to Rs 600 for per quintal on all varieties as against prices fixed by the JCI at its purchasing centres.
“Hence, the government should enhance minimum support price for jute at the purchasing centres for our welfare and to promote jute cultivation,” opined P Tammayya, B Kamesh farmers of Ponduru and Jalumuru mandals.
Due to reduction in jute cultivation many jute mills are on the verge of closure, while purchasing centres lost their existence, said Amudalavalasa Jute Research Centre scientist J Jagannadham. Price per quintal of jute is less at purchasing centres than open market and farmers are not interested to sell their produce at those centres, said Vizianagaram regional manager of JCI G Ramana Kumar.
