200 MP farmers say private firm cheated them with contract farming, took money in 2018 and disappeared
Hundreds of farmers in Madhya Pradesh s Betul district, who had entered a contract for drumstick farming in 2018, are struggling to get a case registered against the company that has gone incommunicado after allegedly fleecing them.
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UPDATED: February 11, 2021 08:53 IST
Betul district administration has asked the agriculture department to conduct an enquiry but nothing has come out of it. (Representative image: PTI)
The Union government s promise that contract farming within the Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020 that creates a framework for grievance redressal can pull out farmers from distress, has been put to test in Madhya Pradesh s Betul district.