With the ongoing untimely rains further affecting the already damaged Wheat crop in Haryana, Chief Minister Manohar lal on Thursday announced a slew of relief measures for the distressed farmers of the State.
These include further enhancement of the limit of shriveled and broken grain from 9 per cent to 10 per cent, non bearing of the value cut by the farmer due to lustre content and special girdawari for next five days for all areas in the State where crops are still standing as also for damage to crops that occurred due to rains in the State on April 15 and 16.
Presiding over a meeting to review the progress of procurement operations in the state, Manohar lal directed all the officers to ensure arrangements to prevent any damage to wheat that would be bought by the farmers in all mandis, its quick procurement and immediate release of payment to the farmers at the rate of `1450 per quintal.
It was also decided in the meeting that the farmers will not have to bear any value cut due to lustre loss.
The CM said a Central Team would visit affected areas of the State on April 18 and would have interaction with officers of different departments and then would proceed for fields’ inspection in different districts.
He said visit to the affected areas physically would bring the correct picture of damages and would help Haryana’s demand for additional funds from Government of India.
The State received heavy rain and hailstorm during the month of March 2015 and first week of April 2015.
The meeting was attended by Food and Supplies Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma, Revenue Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu, Chief Secretary, D.S.Dhesi and senior officers of the Food and Supplies, Revenue and Finance Departments.