The State Government will compensate the farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to hailstorm and excess rainfall in the year 2020-21. Agriculture Animal Husbandry Co-operative, Minister, Badal gave this instruction to all the Deputy Commissioners through video conferencing.
During the meeting Secretary Agriculture, Abu Baqr Siddqui was also present. Badal said that with the coordination of the Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Cooperation and Disaster Department of Government of Jharkhand, farmers will get this compensation and assistance.
The Deputy Commissioners were instructed to send a report of the damage done to the farmers in their districts. The Disaster Management Department has not received reports of six districts so far. Apart from this, reports have come from all the districts.
Badal said that around five lakh farmers will get relief from this decision of the Government. “Before the lockdown, the crop of farmers was destroyed in February by heavy rain also. The list of farmers from those districts received the Government has send the amount through the Disaster Management Department. The maximum amount has been given to the farmers of Pakur, Latehar, Giridih,” he added. The Minister has thanked the Chief Minister and Departmental Minister for Disaster Management, Banna Gupta for this work. He said that while answering on behalf of the Government in the Assembly, it was said that the Government will compensate for the damage of crops due to hailstorms and heavy rain.
Badal said that the State Government is committed to make farmers self-reliant. The Agriculture Minister said that farmers have to become aware of the benefit of the schemes being undertaken by the Government, it is in the priorities of the Government to end the work of middlemen.
He said that the Government is working by creating an agricultural calendar in which May 25 will be celebrated as Seed Day so that all the assistance given by the Government to farmers can be provided at the right time. He said that the State Government is preparing MSP for export of vegetables.
“Agriculture is an important part in the development of the Country and it makes a major contribution to employment and GDP. The farmers have to become aware and they have to ask the concerned people why the seed did not reach them on time, why they did not get subsidy, they have to be alert and aware so that the middlemen do not eat their share of the grant,” said Badal.