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New Delhi, Nov 13 (PTI) Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has accused the Karnataka government of financially “squeezing productive sectors" while funding guarantee schemes, in a strongly-worded letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

The letter, dated November 12, released after farmer protests over delayed cane payments ended, rejected allegations that the Centre was “evading the core issue" of farmer welfare. Instead, Joshi pointed to “arbitrary cost escalations" imposed by the state government on sugar mills that have “crippled sugar factories’ viability".

Joshi defended the Centre’s Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of Rs 355 per quintal for 2025-26, stating it provides a margin of “over 105 per cent on the cost of production – an unprece

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