MP raises compensation for calamities

 

Madhya Pradesh Revenue Minister Karan Singh Verma has said the amount of money the state government pays as compensation in cases of natural calamities has been raised to the tune of ten times - in some cases - to that of the 2002 level.

The state has also also been encouraging farmers to take up sericulture. For crop losses, the non-divine silk farmers will be compensated at Rs 4,000 a hectare while that for divine silk farmers would stand at Rs 5,000 a hectare, said Verma.

Small and marginal farmers, accordingly, would receive Rs 3,500 a hectare in case of 25-50 per cent losses for rain-fed farms, Rs 6,000 a hectare against irrigated crop loss, an equal amount for crop loss within six months of tilling or farming.

Rs 10,000 if the crop stands for more than six months in the fields.

The horticulture crop loss will also be compensated at Rs 10,000 a hectare, the minister said, adding this amount was Rs 1,000 a hectare in 2002.