Chandigarh, November 6: Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, while speaking in a programme related to crop failure organized at village Jharothi in Sonipat district today, said that farmers of the villages whose crops have been damaged due to recent hailstorm, will be given proper compensation and this compensation will be higher than the present compensation of Rs. 12,000 per acre. This will be announced in the next cabinet meeting.

The Chief Minister made several announcements for the farmers in Jharothi village and said that he himself is the son of a farmer and entire Haryana is like his family. He added that work is being done in the entire state with the spirit of Antyodaya. Haryana is the land of farmers and 70 percent of the agriculture is done here. When the farmers are happy, then only shopkeepers, workers, traders, and people running the factory will be benefitted.

He said that during the Corona period, Rs.16, 000 crore were given to the farmers by the State Government. In 2015, when the crops were damaged due to rain, the money was deposited in the accounts of the farmers in one and a half months. In the previous governments, cheques only up to Rs. 2, 4 and Rs. 10 were given to the farmers.

He added that when the new government was formed in the state, it was decided that no farmer's cheque would be made less than Rs. 500. In the earlier governments, Rs. 5,700 per acre was given as compensation for crop failure. Later Rs. 7,500 was made. When the new government was formed, Government gave a compensation of Rs. 12,000 per acre.

The Chief Minister said that Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi has started the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, understanding the pain of the farmers. He announced that the state government would bear the premium for the crop of the farmers who sowed less than two acres of land. The state government will give half the crop insurance installment of the land of the farmers sowing up to two to five acres and appealed to the farmers who sow more than five acres to pay their premium on their own because they are capable.

He said that this compensation would be given to the farmers who are cultivating because many times farmers take the land of others and cultivate it, which is why this arrangement has been made. He said that for this, within 15 days or a month of sowing of the crops, the farmer has to register by visiting local CSC and give details regarding their land and crops which he is cultivating only then that farmer will be entitled to this scheme.

He said that in 2015, CM window has been arranged in the state to settle the grievances of the people at the local level. So far, 9.15 lakh complaints have been received on CM Window, out of which eight and a half lakh problems have been resolved. To improve the standard of education, 137 small and 40 senior secondary model sanskriti schools have been opened. This is the reason that due to last time, 2.5 lakh children have increased in government schools this time. Special emphasis has been laid on teachers to teach and special training has also been arranged for them. In the present government, jobs are being given on merit and this is the reason why children from ordinary households are achieving good positions.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that he has already done aerial inspection of the villages of Gohana, Julana and Kharkhoda blocks for crop failures. A decision regarding this will be taken soon. He appealed to the people not to get soil removed from the fields. The state government is preparing a scheme in which one lakh acres of land will be repaired from where soil has been lifted and where the problem of water logging is worsening the situation. Soon a plan in this regard will be made and implemented. In this, the government will bear half the cost and half the cost will have to be given by the owner of the land himself.

He appealed that due to its proximity to Delhi, there are more possibilities of consumption of vegetables etc., so people should insist on sowing green fodder, orchards, vegetables etc. Complete cooperation will be given from the government in this regard. At present, the government is giving 20 percent subsidy on horticulture and 85 percent on micro irrigation. People should take maximum advantage of this.

A portal will be made to solve the problems being faced by the development of the village

He said that for its development in any village, now the collective consent letter will have to be uploaded on behalf of the villagers on the Gram Darshan Portal and after it is uploaded, that development work will be done by the concerned Panchayat Samiti, District Administration or State Government. Not only this, if the work of getting development work done related to the Central Government, then those problems will be resolved after correspondence with the Central Government.

Speaking regarding the demand letter associated with 18 villages of Kharkhoda block, he said that two revenue roads of each village would be made pucca. He announced completion of development works of about Rs. 30 crore related to street stadium, gymnasium, drinking water etc. and said that this is the first time that such a huge amount has been announced in any one village.

He said that 133 pumps have been installed in 54 villages to drain the standing water. Not only this, the farmer who extracts water from his tractor will be given free diesel. He also announced to give Rs. 50,000 as shagun to the women of village Jharothi on the occasion of Bhaiya Dooj festival.

On this occasion the farmers presented traditional Hal which is the symbol of farming as token of regard and honoured with traditional pagdi. Whereas women also presented Charkha to the Chief Minister.