YSR Congress Party honorary president,
YS Vijayamma on Thursday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
asking him to help farmers.
In the letter, she requested the prime
minister to reduce the prices of fertilizers keeping the country's food
security in mind. In the last two years, the minimum price of rice has
gone up by 25 per cent, while the fertilizer prices have multiplied by
300 per cent, she has said in her letter.
YSR had taken several measures for
agriculture sector and the growth rate during his regime was recorded at
6.87%, she described in the letter.
She expressed her concern towards
farmers, saying the present agricultural policies is a huge burden on
them. Vijayamma appealed the PM to cut down the prices of fertilizers.
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