Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that farmers affected by hailstorm will be given Rs25,000 for marriage of daughter. This facility will continue till next crop. Chouhan was addressing hailstorm-affected farmers at Gurawar village in Shivpuri district on Thursday. He was accompanied by Revenue Minister Rampal Singh and Commerce and Industries Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with farmers whenever any calamity has struck them. He said that crop insurance benefit worth Rs2,127 crore has been made available to farmers. He said that farmers are in crisis again this time. The State Government is standing by them to deal with the situation. He said that loan recovery has been suspended from farmers whose over 50 per cent crop has been affected.
Till next crop, they would be provided wheat and rice at the rate of Rs1 per kg. If a farmer has any objection about survey, then survey of his crop will be done again. Soon after reaching Gurawar village, the Chief Minister took stock of crop loss in the fields of Devendra Singh and Tara Singh. He assured that full compensation will be given for damaged crops.
later, he visited Pachaura village in Gwalior district, Guliyapura in Datia district and Jaisingh Pura and Bijnipura in Guna district on Thursday and directed for scientific assessment of losses to sugarcane crops due to hailstorm so that farmers can get maximum compensation. He was accompanied by Revenue Minister Rampal Singh, Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Narottam Mishra and MPs Bhagirath Prasad and Anoop Mishra.
At Pachaura village, Chouhan inspected crop loss in the fields of Jarnal Singh, Nawal Singh, Ramwaran Singh, Ram Awtar, Braj Kishore Sharma and Jagdish Sharma. He told farmers that full arrangements will be made by State Government to ensure that farmers face no crisis till next crop. At Guliyapura village in Datia district, the Chief Minister inspected losses to crops of peas, wheat, mustards and sugarcane.
At Jaisingh Pura village in Chachoda tehsil and Bijnipura in Binaganj tehsil of Guna district, the Chief Minister visited farmers’ fields and took stock of crop loss. He asked farmers not to worry as entire Government is with them. Their every worry will be removed by the State Government.