Overview

• Siddaramaiah urged Union Agriculture Minister Shivaraj Singh Chouhan to implement a Price Deficiency Payment Scheme under the Market Intervention Scheme so that procurement covers the ₹5,466 per-quintal cost of cultivation
• Mango market rates in Karnataka tumbled from ₹12,000 to as low as ₹3,000 per quintal during the peak arrival season, leaving growers unable to recover basic input costs
• Andhra Pradesh’s ban on Karnataka-grown Totapuri mangoes entering Chittoor district remains in place despite Siddaramaiah’s appeal, intensifying an interstate agricultural dispute
• Farmers in Srinivasapura, a major mango belt in Kolar district, held a taluk-level bandh demanding a ₹15 per-kilogram support price and the withdrawal of the entry ban
• The Andhra Pradesh government set a procurement price of ₹8 per kilogram plus a ₹4 per-kilogram subsidy for Totapuri mangoes, while processors in neighbouring states are offering just ₹4 per kilogram