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SME Times News Bureau | 08 Apr, 2020
The Centre is deliberating on keeping farmers and farming outside the
purview of the lockdown amid demands for the shutdown extension, said
government sources.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
will hold discussions with states' agriculture ministers through video
conferencing on Wednesday.
Farmers will be one of the main
agenda of the meeting, said sources. Can farmers and farming be kept
free from lock-down? Arrangements will be discussed for harvesting of
ready crops and purchase of grains.
Much of the yield is ready to be harvested but is left unattended due to the shutdown.
With
70 per cent of rural households dependent primarily on agriculture for
their livelihood and about 83.3 crore people living in rural areas,
Tomar's response is extremely crucial at a time when the farmers are
confined to their homes even as their harvest is left unattended.
It
is the beginning of the rabi harvest season. There have also been
spells of unseasonal rains destroying a certain part of wheat, mustard
and chana crops.
India is under a 21-day nationwide lockdown to
contain the spread of coronavirus. The shutdown ends on April 14.
However, there have been growing demands to extend it, which the
government is "considering", said sources.
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