The Rajasthan government said that compensation to affected farmers, whose Rabi crops were damaged due to rains, will be announced after an assessment by district collectors before March 31.

On Opposition demands during Zero Hour, Calamity Management and Relief Minister G C Kataria said the farmers whose crop damaged or perished due to rains or hailstorm from February 28 to March 3 would be given compensation as per the rules of National Calamity Relief and crop insurance procedure.

The crop assessment of damaged crop was underway and it would be completed by the district collectors by March 18 and distribution of compensation would be started from March 20, Kataria said.

On March 12 rain and storm occurred in Kota, a fresh crop assessment would be done in next fifteen days, he said.

On MLAs demand to reduce the crop damage percentage from 50 per cent to 25 percent, Kataria said till now the compensation was being given on or over the 50 per cent crop damaged and to reduce this level, the state had written to the Central government for revision and amendments in the act.

Source - http://zeenews.india.com/