Hooda: BJP’s farm policies cause losses to farmers: Bhupinder Singh Hooda | Chandigarh news

Chandigarh: Former CM and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Huda said on Saturday that the BJP POLICIES on agriculture were causing losses for the farmersas it cited ban on paddy export and 20% export tax on basmati rice.
“For this reason, neither farmers nor traders benefit from high prices in the international market. The government should lift the ban on paddy exports and remove the heavy export duties imposed on basmati, in the interest of all,” he said.
A delegation of farmers, rice millers and commission agents met Hooda on Saturday and submitted a memorandum with their demands. The former CM said during the Congress tenure, farmers were given large quotas for use as there was no export ban at that time. “Due to high prices in the international market, the price of paddy often exceeded the MSP in the local markets and farmers earned a lot of income. Farmers and businessmen as well as the country’s economy benefited because of the export,” he said.
He added that the BJP government had every time banned the export of paddy before its arrival. “Also, in July 2023, the central government first banned the export of tukda rice and then banned the export of parmal rice. Just before the rice arrived in August, the government fixed the minimum export price of Basmati at $950 per tonne and imposed an export tax of 20%,” he said.
“Because of this, the country’s rice has been stuck in warehouses,” he added.

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