Hyderabad, Oct 14 : The Lok Satta Party has called for an all-party conference on October 16 to organise a united fight against ''anti-farmer policies of State and Union Governments''.Announcing this at a media conference here today, Lok Satta Party President Jayaprakash Narayan pointed out that the Union government was harming farmers' interests by not permitting export of rice and allowing duty-free import of palm oil, while the State government looked on helplessly. Dr JP reeled off facts and figures to depict the grim situation the farmers were facing in the context of the kharif paddy harvest. India as of today has a buffer stock of 46 million tons of rice and paddy. Since FCI's storage capacity, including the leased ones, is only 27.3 million tons, it is forced to keep the remainder under open storage with the attendant risk of damage by rains and rodents. The stipulated buffer storage for the country in July is 27 million tons and in October 16 million tons.
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