Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (HB/EP)
Udupi, Nov 25: MP Shobha Karandlaje visited union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, November 25. In her talk with Sitharaman, she spoke about the problems faced by the coffee growers due to adverse weather conditions.
“The coffee growers have been facing problems of floods, famine, lack of labourers, inability to fetch suitable prices for coffee etc for the past several years. The Centre should take up measures to revive the coffee cultivation industry. The government should lend loans on flexible terms and help the growers,” said the MP in a request to Sitharaman.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is bound to solve the problems of coffee planters. The required actions will be taken in this connection,” assured union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.