HOPCOMS retirees hit hard: No gratuity, delayed pensions

HOPCOMS has not done any employee recruitment since the 1990s. The current working salesmen capacity has decreased to 50 per cent, and no retired worker has received gratuity after 2018. In the sun-drenched fields of Ambuga taluk, Yoganna, a 66-year-old retired salesman, grapples with financial strains. His Rs. 2700 monthly pension proved insufficient. In 2019, […]

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HOPCOMS losing out to online stores

Farmers say that their produce yields no profit at HOPCOMS. The Horticultural Producers’ Co-operative Marketing and Processing Society Ltd. (HOPCOMS) are running  out of profitability as customers prefer alternative options like online grocery stores and supermarkets farmers produce. Ramakrishna, Board Secretary at HOPCOMS said that, there are 280 HOPCOMS outlets in Bangalore, out of which […]

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Lack of Cold Storage Facility Hinders HOPCOMS’ Profit

The Horticultural Producers’ Cooperative Marketing and Processing Society Ltd. faces considerable amount of loss every year for not having cold storage facilities. Bengaluru, Sept. 04, 2018 :Fruits and vegetables are highly perishable products and are thus subjected to considerable loss and wastage. They do not have long shelf value, except for certain vegetables such as […]

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