241 Rs 800 crores as
compensation for drought hit paddy
Bholath, March 18, 2010
Sukhpal Singh Khaira ,
MLA Bholath
Govt. of India has agreed
to release Rs. 800 crores as compensation for
drought hit paddy growers of Punjab….but Punjab
must…
In a welcome step the Govt.
of India has agreed to release Rs. 800 crores as
compensation for drought hit paddy growers of
Punjab during last season. Responding to Sh.
Naresh Gujral in the Rajya Sabha the Union
Finance Minister Sh. Pranab Mukherjee said that
Rs. 800 crores would be released to paddy
growers of Punjab as compensation for having
sustained the paddy crop despite severe drought
condition in Punjab by burning diesel through
generators, due to lack of power supply and
shortfall in rain.
The congress also raised the matter
during Zero hour today and urged the Govt. to
make a statement on the floor of the house that
this Rs. 800 crore compensation be passed on to
those farmers, whose cost of input went up
manifold due to usage of diesel to sustain their
crops.
The congress party demands that the Rs.
800 crore be passed on to 12.82 lac tubewell
owner farmers of Punjab who used diesel through
generating sets to sustain paddy due to poor
power supply. Also those farmers who do not own
any tubewell connections be also suitably
compensated as they are the worst sufferers who
do not have tubewell connections nor any canal
water supply.
The Finance Minister Punjab had raised
the issue of Rs. 1000 crore compensation in his
budget speech of which Rs. 80 crores has been
awarded to Punjab by the Union Govt. The
congress party has an apprehension that like
other centrally sponsored schemes the Govt. of
Punjab is likely to misuse or divert the said
Rs. 800 crores package for other purposes rather
than paying compensation to farmers. Therefore
the Govt. must ensure that this Rs. 800 crores
be passed to those farmers who genuinely
suffered due to lack of rainfall and shortage of
power.
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