YS Jagan’s Deeksha Effect: Centre steps in to support Chilli farmers

The decision from the Centre to rescue the Chilli farmers came in the wake of YSR Congress Party chief and Leader of the Opposition in AP Assembly YS Jagan Mohan Reddy' two-day deeksha at Nallapadu Road in Guntur district which ended on Tuesday.

The Union Government announced an offer price of Rs 5,000 per quintal for chilli produce and the Centre will also offer an overhead price of Rs 1,250. The Central government would purchase chilli produce through state government agencies. This was announced by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu during a press meet in New Delhi.

As part of this, the Centre would purchase a total of 88,300 metric tonnes of chillies in Andhra Pradesh and 33,700 metric tonnes in Telangana. The decision came into effect from May 2 to 31.