West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged the Centre to allow poppy cultivation in the state, insisting that delicacies ready with its seeds are integral to the Bengali delicacies.
Banerjee mentioned ‘posto’ or poppy seeds are pricey as it’s cultivated solely in a number of states.
“Bengalis love posto’. Why ought to it’s cultivated in solely 4 states? Why not in West Bengal, regardless of it being on our menu each day?” she mentioned.
“Why will we’ve got to buy posto’ from different states at excessive costs? Why will West Bengal not get permission for its cultivation? I’ll ask members of the opposition to write to the Centre on it,” the CM mentioned on Thursday.
The state has been attempting to get permission for cultivation of the highly-regulated crop.
“We have mentioned that the state will domesticate it in agriculture farms. If we are able to develop poppy right here, we are going to get them at Rs 100 (per kg), as a substitute of Rs 1,000. At occasions, we’ve got to take selections unanimously. Not all poppies are medicine,” she claimed.
Banerjee was talking on price range discussions relating to the Food and Supplies Department.
The chief minister additionally mentioned that because the Centre gave tax aid to basmati’ rice, it ought to prolong comparable advantages to gobindobhog’ and tulaipanji’ styles of rice produced in West Bengal.
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