Reliance Retail Limited (RRL), Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), or any other affiliate of our parent firm have not accomplished any “corporate” or “contract” farming in the previous, and have completely no plans to enter this company, it additional added.
“Reliance and its affiliates fully share and support the aspiration of Indian farmers to get a fair and profitable price on a predictable basis for what they produce with exemplary hard work, innovation and dedication. Reliance seeks significant augmentation of their incomes on a sustainable basis, and pledges to work towards this goal. Indeed, we shall insist on our suppliers to strictly abide by the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism, and/or any other mechanism for remunerative price for farm produce, as may be determined and implemented by the government,” the RIL statement mentioned.
It claimed that far from hurting the interests of Indian farmers, the companies of Reliance have really benefited them and the Indian public at substantial.
Earlier final week, Reliance Jio Infocomm had written to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) looking for their intervention into “incidents of sabotage and vandalism at Jio Network sites” in the state by unknown persons.
The letter alleged that police personnel at nearby level are not taking action or filing FIRs against vandalsism and that is why such incidents are not stopping. Jio has requested the DGP to take action.
Punjab Governor Vijayender Pal Singh Badnore on Wednesday took a severe note of the vandalism and summoned Punjab’s Chief Secretary and DGP to Raj Bhavan to seek a report.