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Sugarcane Farmers Stage Mammoth Protest at Kittur Chennamma Circle, Hubballi
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Cane farmers want a better price: who fixes FRP, and what does the sugar MSP do?
Sugarcane growers ended a Hubballi protest after agreeing to talks in Delhi on cane and sugar prices.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
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Thousands of sugarcane growers from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana staged a large protest at Kittur Chennamma Circle in Hubballi, demanding remunerative prices for sugarcane and a revision of the minimum selling price of sugar.
After an appeal by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and the intervention of local legislators, the farmers withdrew the protest and agreed to talks in Delhi.
The Centre fixes the Fair and Remunerative Price for sugarcane.
మూలాలు: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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Remember these
- Protest held at Kittur Chennamma Circle, Hubballi, by cane growers from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana
- Demands: remunerative cane prices and revision of the minimum selling price (MSP) of sugar
- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi appealed; farmers withdrew and agreed to talks in Delhi
- The Centre fixes the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane on CACP advice
- FRP replaced the Statutory Minimum Price from the 2009-10 season
ప్రిలిమ్స్ · మెయిన్స్
How the exam will ask it
ప్రిలిమ్స్
- The Fair and Remunerative Price is the minimum price sugar mills must pay cane farmers, announced by the Centre on the advice of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.
- Some States announce a State Advised Price over and above the FRP; it is not the Centre's floor price.
- The minimum selling price of sugar is a separate Centre-fixed floor for sale of sugar by mills, distinct from the cane FRP.
మెయిన్స్
GS-III (Agriculture, pricing) and Karnataka economy. Issue: cane farmers squeezed between the FRP and a stagnant sugar minimum selling price that limits mills' ability to pay. Policy: FRP set on CACP advice, with sugar MSP and ethanol blending shaping mill revenue. Way forward: link the sugar MSP to the cost of cane, expand ethanol diversion and ensure timely payment of dues.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Since 2009-10, the minimum price that sugar mills must pay farmers for sugarcane has been fixed by the Centre as the:
- Statutory Minimum Price
- Fair and Remunerative Price
- State Advised Price
- Minimum Indicative Price
సమాధానం చూడండి
సమాధానం: B — Correct: Fair and Remunerative Price — The Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP), announced by the Centre on the advice of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, has been the cane price floor since 2009-10. • Statutory Minimum Price — wrong: The Statutory Minimum Price was the earlier system, replaced by the Fair and Remunerative Price from the 2009-10 season. • State Advised Price — wrong: The State Advised Price is a price some States fix over and above the FRP, and it is not the Centre's floor price. • Minimum Indicative Price — wrong: Minimum Indicative Price is not the price floor that the Centre announces for cane payment.
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