The Haryana Government on Saturday directed all deputy commissioners to submit fresh reports on special Girawari (assessment) by April 16, after factoring in the loss caused to the crops due to the heavy rains and hailstorms that lashed several parts of the State early this month. A Government spokesman said the deputy commissioners who had sent their assessment of the loss by March-end had been told to resubmit reports.
Payment of compensation would be made to the affected farmers within 30 days of receipt of their reports on special Girdawari. Dismissing the charges of Opposition that less compensation is being paid to the farmers as false and politically motivated, the spokesman said the State Government, under the leadership of the Chief Minister, Manohar lal, had not only approved but had also started disbursing compensation to the farmers for the period under the previous Government which had not even bothered to approve, much less disburse it.
The spokesman said the State Government had released compensation of Rs18.40 crore to Hisar district for the damage caused to the crops in Kharif 2013 (July- September 2013), and approved Rs123 crore for Bhiwani, Hisar and Jind districts for the crops damaged due to the drought in Kharif 2014 (June- September 2014). This compensation, now being disbursed to the farmers, has been calculated on the basis of the norms fixed by the previous Government, he added. The spokesman said the compensation for the loss caused to the crops due to heavy rain and hailstorm in Rabi 2015 (February 2015 till now) would be paid according to the norms set by the present Government which includes provision of minimum compensation of Rs500.