Opposition Congress legislators on Tuesday staged a walkout in Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha over distribution of compensation and crop insurance to drought-affected farmers. Raising the issue during Question Hour, Dhanendra Sahu (Congress) asked agriculture minister Brijmohan Agrawal as to how many farmers have been covered under the crop insurance scheme during Khariff 2016 and how many districts were covered under it. He also sought to know how much premium was deposited by farmers and how much was given by government. In his reply, Agrawal said that 2,176 hectare land had been insured and premium was charged at the rate of Rs 1,000 per acre. He said 75% premium was paid by farmers while 20% was paid by state government and 5% by Central government. The minister said payment of about Rs 500 crore is pending for disbursement against crop damage under crop insurance policy and it is likely to be distributed by insurance companies in next two months.