Govt pressed to compensate farmers
Cutting across party lines, members in Lok Sabha today asked the government to compensate farmers whose standing crops have been damaged due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms in various states.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Cutting across party lines, members in Lok Sabha today asked the government to compensate farmers whose standing crops have been damaged due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms in various states.
Raising the matter during Zero Hour, CPI(M) member K S Manoj and his party colleagues demanded immediate release of central assistance for farmers in Kerala where "unprecedented rainfall" has caused extensive damage to the standing crop.
Maintaining that the damage was estimated to be worth Rs 161 crore, he said a central team had already assessed the loss but no aid has been sent to the state so far.
Congress member Madhusudan Mistry said the Gujarat government had not granted any compensation to farmers whose crops had suffered damage to recent hailstorms.
Even houses and settlements of farmers had been damaged, he said.
While his remarks about the BJP government in the state drew protests from opposition party members, Mistry sought central assistance for the affected farmers of north Gujarat.
BJP's Rasa Singh Rawat said standing crop in Rajasthan had also suffered due to hailstorms and wanted changes in the rules of the Calamity Relief Fund to provide expeditious succour to the affected.
Raising the matter during Zero Hour, CPI(M) member K S Manoj and his party colleagues demanded immediate release of central assistance for farmers in Kerala where "unprecedented rainfall" has caused extensive damage to the standing crop.
Maintaining that the damage was estimated to be worth Rs 161 crore, he said a central team had already assessed the loss but no aid has been sent to the state so far.
Congress member Madhusudan Mistry said the Gujarat government had not granted any compensation to farmers whose crops had suffered damage to recent hailstorms.
Even houses and settlements of farmers had been damaged, he said.
While his remarks about the BJP government in the state drew protests from opposition party members, Mistry sought central assistance for the affected farmers of north Gujarat.
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BJP's Rasa Singh Rawat said standing crop in Rajasthan had also suffered due to hailstorms and wanted changes in the rules of the Calamity Relief Fund to provide expeditious succour to the affected.
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