Daijiworld Media Network - Sullia (SP)
Sullia, Nov 21: State BJP president and Mangalore MP D V Sadanand Gowda assured the farmers that the government will not politicise the issue of farmers' welfare. The government is aware that measures like market intervention, support price etc. can only be temporary in nature and what the farmers need to profitably engage in cultivation, are basic necessities like water, road, power etc." We will concentrate on executing projects that provide permanent relief to farmers and make them self-sufficient. The country can be said to have achieved the goal of welfare state, only when the agricultural activities provide the farmers sufficient income and they no more need to look to others for any aid," he felt.
He was speaking after accepting the felicitation extended to him at the valedictory function of the 55th All-India Cooperative Week celebrations held on Thursday November 20 at Mandekolu near here. South Canara District Central Cooperative Bank president Rajendra Kumar felicitated Sadanand Gowda, who happens to be the ex-president of Mandekolu Cooperative Bank.
The function was held by the State Cooperative Federation in association with the State Cooperative Apex Bank, Dakshina Kannada District Cooperative Union, Mandekolu Service Cooperative Agricultural Bank and all the cooperative institutions functioning in Sullia taluk.
M N Rajendra Kumar, chairman of the State Cooperative Apex Bank who inaugurated the function, drew the attention of the concerned to the fact that the farmers are facing difficulties because of the instability of prices of the produce they grow. The prices of farm products have not gone up in tune with other products and the agriculturists also face problems like shortage of agricultural labourers and excessive labour cost. The farmers should implement modern technology in farming for which the cooperative institutions are laying emphasis, he added.
MLA Angara, who presided, extended his best wishes to the gathering. Various dignitaries and veterans of the cooperative movement were present.