Agriculture Minister Om Prakash Dhankar said his office had been receiving reports from across state that the recent rain and hailstorm caused 50-100% losses to state farmers.
Talking at Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, Jind, Dhankar said, “Though crop damage assessment is going on across the state, we have received reports that in some areas, farmers have suffered 100% losses as rain and hailstorm damaged their crop. Our officials are quickly assessing the required compensation that has to be given to affected farmers.”
He advised state farmers to benefit from crop insurance and get their crops insured every year. “We will provide maximum compensation to our farmers. Though we have not sought any special package for Haryana farmers from the Centre, but we will arrange all required funds on our own,” Dhankar said.
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