Bengaluru, Dec. 10 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking for urgent intervention into the crisis confronting farmers in several districts with the declining market price for pulses.

In a letter dated December 8 and made public on Tuesday, Siddaramaiah warned that any further delay in procurement of pulses could deepen losses and undermine farmers' confidence in a system made to protect them.

"The Karnataka government has already submitted a formal proposal seeking immediate approval for procurement of dal under Minimum Support Price (MSP) through National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers Federation Limited (NCCF). However, even as the d...