WEDNESDAY, 28 MARCH
2012 22:50
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE
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The insurance companies operating here would be paralysed if the
Government do not pay adequate compensation to farmers of Balangir district.
This
was announced by Balangir Zilla Krushak Mahasangh president Sudhir Parischha
while leading a dharna before the District Collectorate demanding adequate
compensation to farmers besides other benefits, here on Wednesday.
Farmers
of the district have paid around Rs 10 crore through different banks as
insurance premium, but even today they have not been paid compensation,
Parischha told the media at the dharna site.
The
per-acre assistance announced by the Government is too low. It should be
increased to Rs 20,000 from Rs 1,200, as declared by the Government, he said
further.
All the
farmers of this district should be brought under one umbrella, and the gaps
between weather-based crop insurance scheme operating in eight blocks and other
crop insurance schemes should be bridged with all farmers being brought under
one scheme, the Mahasangh president said.
As this
year crop has been lost due to drought, the affected farmers should be given
seeds free of cost next year and fertiliser should be supplied at minimum
rates, Parischha demanded further.
The
Mahasangh activists burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his
Government’s alleged anti-farmer attitude and submitted a memorandum to the
Governor through the district administration.
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