Centre committed to farmers' welfare, relief: Sanwar Lal Jat

JAIPUR: Assuring peasants, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Sanwar Lal Jat today said the Narendra Modi government was committed to welfare of farmers and directed the district collectors to provide required compensation and relief to farmers who suffered heavy crop losses in the recent rain and hailstorm.

Addressing farmers at Avara village of Malpura tehsil in Tonk district, 100 km from here, Jat said in view of heavy loss of rabi crop, the Central government was providing a better compensation to farmers than previous times.

Jat directed the district officials to provide the required compensation to those who suffered heavy crop loss at 33 per cent and above. The Minister also urged farmers to make use of every drop of water so that agriculture would grow in future.

Centre was also considering linking of rivers country wide, and was discussing the issue with state government, an official release quoting him said here.
The Raje government in Rajasthan was also keenly giving the best compensation to farmers, and their live stock which perished in untimely rains and hailstorm, he said.