Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene urgently as farmers across the state grapple with a sharp decline in maize and green gram prices.
Read MoreMaize farmers across several regions are facing severe distress as market prices have plunged drastically, falling far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP) as well as the basic cost of production. The sudden price crash has left cultivators worried about recovering even their input expenses such as seeds, fertilizer, labour, and transportation.
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