Passage of 3 bills in Parliament on farm produce marketing has hardly caused a ripple in Telangana
Farmers in Telangana are unlikely to join the nationwide strike called by All India Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements on September 25. Farmers across the country are protesting the passage of three bills in Parliament that seek to reorganise marketing of farm produce. However, All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee is planning to stage a protest near Aayakar Bhavan in Basheerbagh area at 11.30 a.m. on Friday.
“I sell my sona masoori rice directly to customers. When I grow marigold flowers in winter, I sell them at the Gudimalkapur market where I have to pay 10% margin to the seth (trader),” says Srinivas Reddy, a farmer. “The market yard has a very limited use to us. Only farmers who borrow from traders and sell the produce through them will be affected,”…