MP Sudhir Gupta Raises 15 Demands For Opium Policy In Mandsaur & Neemuch
Mandsaur/ Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh): MP Sudhir Gupta raised 15 major demands concerning opium farmers of the Mandsaur-Neemuch-Jaora region during a meeting on the 2026-27 Opium Cultivation Policy at the Union Finance Ministry. The meeting was chaired by Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and attended by MPs and key stakeholders. Gupta urged the government to set the average…
Mandsaur and Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh witnessed a meeting with MP Sudhir Gupta making 15 key demands regarding opium farmers' concerns. The Union Finance Ministry's Union Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, chaired the gathering.
Gupta advocated for an average morphine standard of 3.5%, and suggested that licence eligibility should be determined by farmers' average performance over five years, rather than just a single year's yield. He also called for special relief measures for farmers hit by natural disasters, crop theft, and wildlife damage, ensuring that such losses wouldn't result in licence cancellations.
Other demands included restoring licences for farmers previously denied them, allowing those acquitted of NDPS cases to get licences, and providing a minimum 10-are licence for eligible farmers. Gupta also pushed for the ability to cultivate multiple plots and the inclusion of Central Processing Section (CPS) farmers in the licensing system based on their five-year performance.
He further requested higher prices for opium gum and CPS poppy straw, incentives for quality produce, transparent morphine testing with re-testing options, simplified procedures for inheritance and licence transfer, and digital notifications of licence and weighing dates at least 15 days ahead of time.
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