Aizawl, Jan 22 : The All Mizoram Farmers' Union, the largest farmers' organisation in Mizoram, has demanded repeal of royalty on broom grass to lessen the burden on poor farmers.
According to the AMFU, the Mizoram government has imposed a royalty of Rs seven on one kg of broom grass cultivated on land with Village Council pass.
''Whereas broom grass cultivated on land certified by the state's Land Revenue Settlement Department with land settlement certificates or periodic patta are exempted from royalty, those poor farmers, who cultivate broom grass on land allotted by concerned Village Council, have to pay the royalty,'' leaders of AMFU said at a press conference here today.
The farmers' union has submitted a letter to the state's Environment and Forest Minister H Rohluna, requesting him to immediately repeal the royalty.
Broom grass cultivated in forest reserved area is also subjected to a royalty of Rs seven per kg of tall grass.
''The Environment and Forest Department should repeal its principal chief conservator of forest's order in the interest of the poor farmers whose income largely depends on broom grass cultivation,'' the AMFU leaders said.
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