Budget means ‘big talk and killing farmers’, Tupkar on farm issue

Maharashtra Budget 2023: Ravikant Tupkar of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghathan says the state government’s budget is ‘big talk and a kick to the farmers’.Ravikant Tupkar) has criticized The price of soybeans and cotton in the private market is not enough to cover the cost of production. Therefore, today the farmer has 70 to 80 soybeans and narma at his house. It was necessary to announce a special support package for soybean-cotton growers. But Tupkar said that nothing happened in the budget.

The budget has wiped the face of the farmers

If we really want to help the farmers, it is necessary to pay the prices of their crops based on the cost of production. A solid arrangement for compounding the farm was necessary to provide full-time electricity to the farm and to protect the farm crops from disturbance by wild animals. Also, farmers have not received the heavy rainfall support announced for the 2022 monsoon season. Many farmers are still deprived of crop insurance. So Ravikant Tupkar said that the previous one should be left aside and the next one should be announced. Also, Ravikant Tupkar alleged that the leaves of farmers have been wiped in the budget.

How many textile parks have been built so far?

The government had announced an orange processing center but a similar announcement was made in 2015 in the case of textile park. How many textile parks have been built so far? This question has also been raised by Ravikant Tupkar. Tupkar also warned the state government that ‘a liar’s return is not true until he eats it’.

Meanwhile, the state government has presented the budget keeping the elections as the main focus. Ravikant Tupkar criticized the budget as appealing to urban voters and a dream come true. Ravikant Tupkar has also demanded an audit of the budget since 2014, the announcements made in the budget and the actual audit.

How much provision for which sector?

State Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis presented the budget in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. In this, 29 thousand 163 crore rupees have been given for the ‘Sustainable Agriculture – Happy Farmer’ component. 43 thousand 36 crores have been allocated for comprehensive development of all social groups including women, tribals, backward classes, OBCs. 53 thousand 58 crore 55 lakh rupees have been provided for infrastructure development through heavy capital investment. 11 thousand 658 crores have been allocated for employment generation, competent, skilled-employable youth and 13 thousand 437 crores for environment friendly development.

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