The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Clarion call

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Clarion call

The stir for minimum support price for all agricultural products, particularly paddy has drawn the attention of the politicians. For the first time the Government and the Opposition are fighting for a genuine issue.

Farming community which is the most neglected has a reason to smile at least now as the politicians have all of a sudden became sympathetic towards them and have taken up the most neglected issue.

To gain political mileage over the issue, the politicians are staging protest across the State.

Nearly, half the country’s income is generated from the farm sector and half of the population is working in this sector.

This affirms that farmers are great contributors to the economy. So far, Andhra Pradesh is one of the biggest producers of paddy in India. Yet they are not getting remunerative price for their produce.

Union Government declined to give MSP for paddy on par with wheat.

Because, as long as public distribution system exists in India, paddy will not be given support price.

The reason is if they hike the support price for paddy, subsidy on paddy will increase and this will be a burden on the Government.

Besides who will determine the price for paddy?

Definitely the millers and the middlemen in the market and not the farmers.

To ensure remunerative price for any agricultural produce the farmers, the policy makers and the politicians should work collectively and put pressure on the Government.

Dr. M. Nazeeruddin,

Kurnool

Infusing confidence

This has reference to the news item, ‘Budding writers to dine with Collector’ (The Hindu dated 15 Nov. 07).

It was highly commendable that the Collector of Kurnool conducted the innovative contest for high school students in writing creative letters to their friends and relatives.

The topics suggested in connection with Children’s Day.

But at a similar large-scale function organised by the Kurnool Corporation, the Municipal Commissioner said that such ‘extravagant and colourful’ shows infuse confidence in the children and teachers of Municipal schools to enable them to compete with other schools. ‘Colourful’ is all right, but why ‘extravagant’?

Good citizens are produced by dedicated and proficient teachers, proper infrastructure and above all, the setting of good examples (in speech, conduct and character) by the teachers, and not by any ‘extravagant and colourful shows’.

Albert Sweitzher says, “Do you say that example is the main thing that influences? No, it is the only thing that influences.”

Prof. K. S. S. Sarma,

Kurnool

Visiting hostels

This is with reference to the news report, ‘Minister stays over at tribal hostel’ .

The efforts of the State Government, which has recently launched a novel programme wherein the Ministers and leaders stay various Government hostels deserves praise.

As part of this exercise, one Minister chose a tribal hostel where chose to spend the time by , besides remaining in the hostel in the midst of the inmates, exercised to reviewing the stock position, attendance registers, besides tasting the food with the hostel inmates and enquired about their well being etc. These activities will certainly help to ascertain the ‘real’ conditions prevailing in the hostels and pave way, if need be, to improve the same.

G. Jagannadh,

Anantapur

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