Hooda hails bonus on wheat

Chandigarh, Apr 22 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi for conceding the demand of the farmers by announcing a bonus of Rs 50 per quintal on MSP for wheat.

In a statement here today, the Chief Minister said he had been requesting time and again to the Union Agriculture Minister as well as the Prime Minister to enhance the Minimum Support Price of wheat or to grant bonus to the farmers. The request had been accepted by them in the interest of the farming community, he added.

Mr Hooda said all the farmers, who had already sold their wheat in the 'mandis', would also be given this benefit.

He exhorted the farmers to bring their entire produce in the mandis so that Union government felt no need to import wheat from other countries.'' The import of wheat from foriegn countries would be a great loss to the farming community.'' Mr Hooda said the UPA Government had always safeguarded the interests of the farmers.

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