THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: (Feb 9) Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar has written to Nirmala Sitharaman seeking withdrawal of the direction issued by the Union Ministry of Finance to the state government to discontinue the additional bonus given to paddy farmers.
The LDF government and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan have already come out criticising the direction, describing it as the Centre’s hostile attitude towards farmers and the state.
On January 9, V Vualnam, Secretary (Expenditure) in the Union Ministry of Finance, wrote to Kerala Chief Secretary A Jayathilak, asking the state to review its existing bonus policy and consider discontinuing the additional incentive, citing that rice stocks had exceeded the requirement for the Public Distribution System, creating a significant and recurring burden on the public exchequer.
Source: PTI News
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