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SP seeks adequate insurance
for crop loss in Balangir
SP seeks adequate insurance
for crop loss in Balangir
WEDNESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2012 23:25
PNS | BALANGIR
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Demanding
adequate crop insurance, several affected farmers of Tamiaan, Phatamunda and
Deolgaon gram panchayats of Patnagarh block led by Samajwadi Party Balangir
unit president Arun Mishra on Tuesday took out a rally through Balangir town
and submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister of Odisha through the district
administration.
A total of 745 farmers of the three
panchyats had deposited Rs 3, 50,000 in Tamiaan branch of the Central Bank of
India towards their crop insurance premium. Even though there was a crop loss
of 90 per cent in these panchayats, but the farmers did not receive due
insurance compensation, alleged Mishra.
“The assessment of crop loss has not been
made properly. The State Government should constitute a committee for probing
the actual loss incurred by the farmers due to drought and provide justice to
the victim farmers,” Mishra demanded. The present per acre
compensation is low and it should be increased further by amending the Relief
Code of 1958. To provide relief to farmers, the Government should announce a
bonus of `300 with minimum support price (MSP) of Paddy, Mishra added.
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