Increasing demand of basmati rice and reduction in taxes on the account of Goods and Services Tax (GST) has helped the state farmers in getting better price for their produce, this season.Unfortunately most of the basmati growers preferred to cultivate lesser quality paddy varieties instead of basmati,this year. As per the information from the district agriculture department, the basmati price was Rs 2,200 to Rs 2,300 last year, which rose to Rs 3,300 to 3,400 this year. But the farmers of Tarn Taran district said, the increased price will not do any good to them as most of the farmers didn’t sow the premium quality rice because they have been getting it at a lesser price from last few years.