That the Government was seized of the matter of the operation of the distress sale of crops due to host of reasons by the farmers, it has taken initiatives to cause no or barest possible minimum disadvantage to them whilst selling their yield. For ensuring that to take place effectively, Government of India has duly extended the scheme of price stabilization intervention scheme to fruits and vegetables grown in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. It is fairly known that one of the cost inputs is transportation which , under the scheme is proposed to be taken care of by the Central Government to the extent of 50% from the origin of the notified crops to the consumption and sale clusters. This initiative is under the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ or self reliant India.
The range of such fruits and vegetables has been notified which cover apple, almond, pear, capsicum, carrot, cucumber, okra, orange, kinnow and lemon. The alternate option to the above facility is the cost of hiring of appropriate storage facility for a period of up to three months. The condition is that the proceeds should not be less than the average price of the last three years or is 15% lower than the last year. However, on pilot basis these fruits and vegetables have been brought under the scheme for six months. This initiative would go a long way not only in creating confidence in the farming community about the yield of their hard grown crops but keep at bay those elements, who for making unwarranted huge monetary gains from distress sale after reaching the retail outlets, are in wait of such sales under compulsion.
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