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Riding on the prosperous outcome of good rains, many farmers also got a bumper crop this year. But most of them are now hit by the demonetisation drive. The lack of cash at markets and traders' refusal to accept old currency are resulting in a huge setback for the farmers.

In Harsul village of Aurangabad district, Narayan Surey, a young farmer, is worried as 100 quintals of his corn harvest lie idle with no buyers. Narayan, also an amateur wrestler, is angry with the demonetisation drive. The earlier lot of corn fetched him Rs 75,000, but he was paid in cheque. The Surey family now awaits to withdraw the money, but the long queues at banks aren't allowing him to do so.

The government today allowed farmers to purchase seeds with the old Rs 500 bank notes, declared illegal less than two weeks ago in a controversial move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The new rule allows farmers to purchase seeds with old denomination bank notes of Rs 500 from outlets belonging to the central or state governments, PSUs, national or state seeds corporations, central or state agricultural universities and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

The revised rule, intended to help farmers for the current Rabi crop, says seeds can be purchased from the above locations on the production of proof of identity. "This is in addition to the decision taken earlier for making cash available with the farmers by permitting them to draw up to Rs 25,000 per week from their KYC compliant accounts subject to the normal loan limits and conditions apart from the other facilities announced on 17.11.2016," the notification issued today said. "The government is committed to ensuring that the farmers are suitably facilitated during the Rabi season as they form the backbone of Indian economy," it adds.