Mumbai, July 4 -- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Manoj Ghorpade today demanded that along with action being taken against agricultural service centers in the case of bogus seed sales, cases should also be filed directly against companies producing bogus seeds and substandard agricultural inputs.
Farmers in the state are supplied with fertilizers, seeds and pesticides through agricultural service centers. However, serious cases of bogus and expired seeds and substandard fertilizers and medicines being sold through these centers have come to light so far, he said.
The result is that farmers have to bear financial losses, and it is time to re-plant. As a result, MLA Ghorpade explained in the House that the productivity of agricultural products i...