Port Blair, Oct. 9: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma met the Secretary, Agriculture with the Directors of Ellon Hinengo Limited (EHL), Car Nicobar on 07.10.2022 and requested him to make arrangements to purchase Copra from farmers of Car Nicobar and other areas of Andaman & Nicobar Islands under Price Support Scheme.

He informed the Secretary that due to delay in procurement of these Copra under Price Support Scheme of Government of India, presently Copra farmers of these Islands are being exploited by middlemen, who are procuring Copra from them at very cheap price.

He said that procurement of Copra under Price Support Scheme is crucial for the economic upliftment of farmers of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and saving farmers of these Islands from exploitation.

The Member of Parliament requested the Secretary of Agriculture to take up this matter with National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED) for the benefit of farmers of A&N Islands.