*Maharashtra: CCI should increase the cotton procurement limit to 15 quintals per acre: Farmers protested at the office; officials bombarded them with questions*
*Akola* : CCI should increase the cotton procurement limit to 15 quintals per acre: Farmers protested at the office; officials bombarded them with questions
Farmers protested at the office; officials bombarded them with questions
CCI (Cotton Corporation of India), a central government organization that buys and sells cotton, has set a cotton procurement limit of 5 quintals (60 kg) per acre. Shiv Sena and farmers staged a protest at the CCI office on Wednesday, demanding that the procurement limit be increased to 15 quintals, among other demands. Shiv Sena workers bombarded officials with questions and demanded answers. Officials assured them that the farmers' demands would be addressed in the meeting. A heavy police force was deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
This year, the soybean, cotton, and pigeon pea crops were damaged due to the heavy rains during the Kharif season. Crops were damaged, sometimes due to drought and sometimes due to heavy rains. The cotton crop suffered significant losses. Similarly, farmers were facing difficulties with the CCI procurement process, leading the Shiv Sena's Thackeray group to storm the CCI office on December 3rd. During this time, CCI officials, including District Chief Gopal Datakar, former Chief Rahul Karale, Shiva Mohod, Dr. Prashant Adhau, Yogeshwar Wankhade, Prof. Nitin Lande, Dnyaneshwar Gawande, and Sanjay Bhamre, questioned them. Farmers do not receive compensation until 10 to 12 days after the cotton is purchased. The Shiv Sainiks demanded that farmers be compensated for their cotton within 24 hours, as required by the rules. The officials stated that an appeal to the state government regarding the procurement limit was necessary. The official added that they would inform their superiors and plan a solution by holding a meeting to address some of the issues mentioned in the statement.
Shiv Sena officials also submitted a written statement of the farmers' various demands to the CCI officials. A limit of 5.60 quintals per acre has been imposed when purchasing cotton from farmers. This has forced farmers to sell the remaining cotton to traders at a loss. All the cotton they have should be purchased. It has been demanded that the purchase limit be increased to 15 quintals per acre.
Vaastu Purchase Condition: Farmers bring their cotton to CCI in available vehicles. If cotton is not available in one vehicle, it is brought in another vehicle. However, at the procurement center, only the cotton in one vehicle is being counted, and the other vehicle is being sent back. The time-consuming process for rebooking and approving slots for cotton in the second vehicle is making it difficult for farmers to sell their cotton. Therefore, this condition is not necessary.
Vaastu Purchase Based on Talathi Certificate: Due to network issues, website downtime, and other issues, many farmers were unable to register for e-crop sowing. Therefore, if unregistered farmers bring a certificate from the Talathi stating their sowing, it should be accepted and the cotton should be purchased, Shiv Sena leaders demanded.
Think positively about the demands: Shiv Sena leaders told officials that it is possible to resolve any issue, and to take action on other demands, including increasing the procurement limit. Officials explained the process for increasing the procurement limit. Shiv Sena warned that the cotton procurement process must be improved in accordance with other issues, or a strong agitation would be launched. CCI graders and employees are rude to farmers at the cotton procurement center. Furthermore, if farmers face any problems, they are not informed. The Shiv Sena leader demanded that graders and employees treat farmers with leniency and appoint a staff member to resolve any issues. Eliminate the moisture requirement for cotton procurement and provide a flat price. In the current situation, there has been little or no rain this month. Yet, moisture is being checked on every cotton truck and a low price is being offered. A flat price of ₹8,100 should be offered without any moisture test.
In districts where the cotton procurement limit is not practical relative to production, government cotton procurement is being initiated through the CCI. Under this procurement process, the CCI has stipulated that it will only purchase 5 quintals (60 kg) of cotton per acre from each farmer. However, this limit is limiting, impractical, and inconvenient for farmers. Most farmers in the district produce much more than 5.60 quintals per acre. Because of this very limited limit, farmers have to make multiple trips to the procurement center to sell their cotton. Repeated trips increase farmers' transportation costs and waste their time. Government interventions such as the ban on futures, export bans, and unnecessary imports have led to a drop in cotton prices in the open market. Therefore, the procurement limit should be removed, Shiv Sainiks said.
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