PM, FM gift-wrap Land Bill for farmers
10 April 2015 5:29 AM IST
The Prime Minister said farmers would now be eligible for input subsidy if 33 per cent of their crop was damaged against 50 per cent or more, which was the norm till now. Further, the input subsidy given to distressed farmers would be enhanced by 50 per cent of the existing amounts.
This comes after Congress President Sonia Gandhi visited farmers who suffered crop damage due to unseasonal rain and wrote a letter to the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, seeking relaxation in guidelines for the procurement of wheat. “I request the Centre to relax specifications, particularly with regard to moisture content, for the procurement of wheat,” Sonia stated in the letter.
The Prime Minister also expressed concern over the problems being faced by farmers due to abnormal weather conditions for the last one year. “Helping farmers in this time of distress is our responsibility, and therefore, the Government had sent teams of Central Ministers to the affected areas to assess the extent of damage,” said Modi, while speaking at the launch of Mudra (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Bank unde r the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said about 30 crore landless people will get employment in industrial corridors, following amendments in the Land Acquisition Bill. “I want to make a special mention of poor, dalits, tribals, backwards, those who are landless. The Land Acquisition Bill that we are bringing as per that the industrial corridors, which would be set up in the country, those backward people – 300 million landless people –would get employment opportunities,” he said.
The Prime Minister said the Central and the state governments, banks and insurance companies would do their best to provide relief to farmers. Banks have been asked to restructure loans of farmers hit by unseasonal rain and advised insurance companies to pro-actively settle claims.
This comes after Congress President Sonia Gandhi visited farmers who suffered crop damage due to unseasonal rain and wrote a letter to the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, seeking relaxation in guidelines for the procurement of wheat. “I request the Centre to relax specifications, particularly with regard to moisture content, for the procurement of wheat,” Sonia stated in the letter.
The Prime Minister also expressed concern over the problems being faced by farmers due to abnormal weather conditions for the last one year. “Helping farmers in this time of distress is our responsibility, and therefore, the Government had sent teams of Central Ministers to the affected areas to assess the extent of damage,” said Modi, while speaking at the launch of Mudra (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Bank unde r the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said about 30 crore landless people will get employment in industrial corridors, following amendments in the Land Acquisition Bill. “I want to make a special mention of poor, dalits, tribals, backwards, those who are landless. The Land Acquisition Bill that we are bringing as per that the industrial corridors, which would be set up in the country, those backward people – 300 million landless people –would get employment opportunities,” he said.
The Prime Minister said the Central and the state governments, banks and insurance companies would do their best to provide relief to farmers. Banks have been asked to restructure loans of farmers hit by unseasonal rain and advised insurance companies to pro-actively settle claims.
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