Sri Lanka Agrarian Insurance Board says compensations are now being paid to the farmers for the damages of their crops in the Maha Season. Director General of the Board Pandula Weerasinghe says a sum of 30 million rupees has been allocated for the North-Central province. Farmers in the Anuradhapura district have already been paid with compensations while the payments for the farmers in the Polonnaruwa district will be paid in the coming few days. A sum of 20 million rupees has been set aside to for the damages of crops in the Batticaloa and Ampara districts. 15 million rupees have been allocated for the Moneragala district.Meanwhile, farmers who have not yet been registered under the pension scheme will be able to join it from the next month. 128,500 farmers are now entitled to pension allowances. Pension allowances can be obtained from the relevant post office between 7th to the 27th of each month.

Source - http://www.slbc.lk/