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Farmers condemn Karnataka govt’s decision to allow rice mill owners to purchase paddy

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December 8, 2018

Mysuru, Dec 8: Farmers Association including Karnataka State Sugar Cane Growers Association’s has flayed the State government's decision of entrusting the task of purchasing paddy to Rice Mill owners.

In a press release issued here on Saturday, Kabini Farmers Hitarakshana Samiti President Kurbur Shanthakumar said the government may have announced a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 1,750 a quintal for the Paddy and set up procurement Centres in different parts of the State, but “unfortunately, it has entrusted the Rice Mill owners to purchase the paddy", he alleged.

The government should have purchased the paddy through the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which would have forced the Rice Mill owners to offer a remunerative price to farmers for the paddy in competition.

The government is depriving the farmers of an opportunity to sell their paddy for a competitive price by entrusting the task to Rice Mill owners to purchase it.

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Hindu Rashtra …
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Saturday, 8 Dec 2018

HDK is a bourgeois.. He never stood for farmers. He wanted to make feudal age again in Karntaka. No govt stood for farmers except BJP govt

Subbu Acharya
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Saturday, 8 Dec 2018

It shows HDK's obsession towards feudalism.

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February 15,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 15: The new Karnataka Minister for Forest Anand Singh on Friday said that he is ready for 'change in the portfolio' as opposition parties are leveling charges against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa for appointing him, despite having 15 cases registered under Forest Act against him.

"If Chief Minister wants to change my portfolio, I am ready," he added.

Speaking to newsmen here, he said that there are 15 cases pending against him. The Legislator from Vijayanagara in Mine rich Ballari district said anyone can go through the Chargesheets and find out whether there are any direct charges against him. Claiming that the cases against him were 'minor violations', he had earlier linked them to traffic violations by a vehicle owner.

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April 21,2020

Apr 21: An 80-year-old COVID-19 patient has died in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district, taking the death toll in the state to 17, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday.

The elderly person was suffering from Parkinson's disease for the last three years and died at a hospital on Monday, the minister said in a tweet.

"The person had developed fever on Sunday and was admitted to the hospital. The patient passed away yesterday at 9 am. Last night at 9 pm the death report came, which confirmed that the person was COVID-19 positive," Sudhakar tweeted.

The total number of COVID-19 infections in the state has crossed the 400-mark, according to last evening's bulletin by the Karnataka health department.

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February 28,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 28: In a shocking incident, an engineering student has committed suicide on the railway track at the Someshwara railway station near Ullal on the outskirts of the city.

The deceased has been identified as S Rayagowda (23) from Belgaum.

It is suspected that he resorted to the extreme step due depression after love failure. Railway police are investigating the matter.

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