Bengaluru (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging a steep crash in maize and green gram (moong) prices in the state, saying the slump has caused deep distress among farmers.

In the letter he wrote on Friday, Siddaramaiah said Karnataka cultivated maize on 17.94 lakh hectares and green gram on 4.16 lakh hectares this Kharif season, expecting 54.74 lakh metric tonne (MT) of maize and 1.983 lakh MT of green gram. Instead, the prices have collapsed, pushing farmers into crisis.

Siddaramaiah wrote, “Prices have fallen far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP) declared by the Government of India, creating widespread distress among cultivators.”

He pointed out that while the Centre fixed MSP at Rs 2,400 per MT for maize and Rs 28,768 per

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