Bommai urges State to announce SAP to provide relief to growers

BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai says the expert committee constituted to recommend a revision of sugarcane price is expected to submit a report soon. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO

BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai has expressed the hope that the minimum support price (MSP) for sugarcane will be revised and urged the Congress government to announce a State Advised Price (SAP) to provide relief to growers.

Speaking to presspersons in Dharwad on Thursday, Mr. Bommai said that an expert committee has been constituted to recommend a revision of the sugarcane price and it is expected to submit a report soon.

The MSP for sugarcane has not been revised for several years, he said and added that periodic revisions may have prevented the present situation.