Saturday that the green card scheme for paddy farmers, which has been
implemented in Palakkad district, would be extended to other districts
soon.Mr. Ratnakaran was inaugurating the Wayanad Harvest Festival and
the South Indian Rice Farmers Meet at the Rajeev Gandhi Residential
School auditorium at Kalloor. The green card would help farmers get
various benefits from the government and banks without intermediaries,
Mr. Ratnakaran said.The government agencies would procure paddy from
Wayanad ditrict from the next Nanja (Rabbi) harvest season at the
minimum support price fixed by the government, Mr. Ratnakaran said. To
avoid loss in transportation, a rice mill would be set up either in
Kozhikode or in Wayanad district.Mr. Ratnakaran said paddy farmers
were the most exploited class in society and most of them were unaware
of the various schemes provided by the government. He said the
government would implement a new project to open a direct access for
farmers to the market by connecting six wholesale marketing centres in
the State within two months. For this, an apex authority would be set
up soon. As part of this, a review meeting would be held in January. A
two-day workshop also would be conducted. He said pension benefits for
farmers were on the anvil and priority would be given to paddy
farmers. The Minister honoured seven farmers in the district on the
occasion.
The Hindu, 14th December 2008
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