BJP-BJD vie to win over farmers in Padampur bypoll battle

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Farmers have firmly taken the centrestage within the upcoming Padampur by-election, forcing the political opponents BJD and BJP to make a rush to handle their points.A day after BJP deferred submitting of nomination for the bypoll as a gesture of assist to the farmers agitating over non-settlement of crop insurance coverage claims, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday introduced enter help of about Rs 200 crore for the distressed farmers of drought-affected areas of the state.

On the opposite hand, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday requested the Odisha authorities to right away disburse the crop loss compensation to the insured farmers.
According to the chief minister’s workplace (CMO), about 2,63,560 hectare of crop land in 64 blocks and 15 city native our bodies of 12 districts in Odisha have suffered crop lack of 33 per cent and above as a consequence of drought. “So far, many of the affected farmers have not yet received their crop insurance dues despite continuous follow-up and pursuance by the state government with the technical advisory committee under the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare, Government of India,” the CMO launch stated.

“It has decided to provide assistance out of the state’s own resources after considering the gravity of the situation, demands of the affected farmers and crop loss reports by the collectors. Steps will be taken for immediate disbursement of assistance after collectors of affected district submit the requirement of funds to the special relief commissioner,” the discharge stated.

The Union minister knowledgeable concerning the Centre’s instruction to the state authorities in a social media put up shortly after a gathering with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. “A decision in this regard has been taken by the technical advisory committee (TAC) constituted by the Government of India. The state government and the insurance companies have also been instructed to release the crop loss claims with immediate effect,” he said.

Asserting that the central authorities is dedicated to clear the claims of farmers on the earliest, Tomar stated he had a dialogue along with his cabinet colleague Pradhan over the pending insurance coverage claims of farmers in Jharbandha, Padampur and Paikmal blocks of Bargarh district.During a dialogue with the agitating farmers at Padampur on Monday, Pradhan knowledgeable them that the Centre had written to the state authorities on November 3 for disbursement of the crop insurance coverage claims of the farmers.

Claiming {that a} majority of the affected farmers haven’t obtained compensation from the insurance coverage firms, BJP MP from Bargarh Suresh Pujari, stated the system adopted by HDFC Ergo Insurance Company to calculate crop loss was so faulty that the compensation quantity is disproportionate to the quantum of loss suffered by the farmers. He had urged the Centre to blacklist HDFC Ergo for rejection of claims of a lot of farmers and non-acceptance of crop chopping studies.

As many as 47,418 farmers of Jharbandh, Padampur and Paikamal blocks which come underneath the Padampur Assembly constituency had been registered underneath the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yoyana for paddy crops over an space of 79,957 hectare in 2021 kharif season.

The BJD, nonetheless, blamed the Centre for the delay in fee of crop insurance coverage to farmers and stated it has made it clear by the tweet of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on this regard.Party spokesperson Sasmit Patra stated crop insurance coverage is cleared by the Centre and the insurance coverage firms make the fee.The state authorities doesn’t have any position on this regard.

Patra stated it’s clear from the assertion of Tomar that crop insurance coverage of farmers in Bargarh district, specifically Padmapur, had been pending with the Centre. “Farmers across Odisha are suffering for long. Now you (Centre) are asking insurance companies to pay,” he stated.

BHUBANESWAR: Farmers have firmly taken the centrestage within the upcoming Padampur by-election, forcing the political opponents BJD and BJP to make a rush to handle their points.A day after BJP deferred submitting of nomination for the bypoll as a gesture of assist to the farmers agitating over non-settlement of crop insurance coverage claims, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday introduced enter help of about Rs 200 crore for the distressed farmers of drought-affected areas of the state.

On the opposite hand, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday requested the Odisha authorities to right away disburse the crop loss compensation to the insured farmers.
According to the chief minister’s workplace (CMO), about 2,63,560 hectare of crop land in 64 blocks and 15 city native our bodies of 12 districts in Odisha have suffered crop lack of 33 per cent and above as a consequence of drought. “So far, many of the affected farmers have not yet received their crop insurance dues despite continuous follow-up and pursuance by the state government with the technical advisory committee under the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare, Government of India,” the CMO launch stated.

“It has decided to provide assistance out of the state’s own resources after considering the gravity of the situation, demands of the affected farmers and crop loss reports by the collectors. Steps will be taken for immediate disbursement of assistance after collectors of affected district submit the requirement of funds to the special relief commissioner,” the discharge stated.

The Union minister knowledgeable concerning the Centre’s instruction to the state authorities in a social media put up shortly after a gathering with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. “A decision in this regard has been taken by the technical advisory committee (TAC) constituted by the Government of India. The state government and the insurance companies have also been instructed to release the crop loss claims with immediate effect,” he said.

Asserting that the central authorities is dedicated to clear the claims of farmers on the earliest, Tomar stated he had a dialogue along with his cabinet colleague Pradhan over the pending insurance coverage claims of farmers in Jharbandha, Padampur and Paikmal blocks of Bargarh district.During a dialogue with the agitating farmers at Padampur on Monday, Pradhan knowledgeable them that the Centre had written to the state authorities on November 3 for disbursement of the crop insurance coverage claims of the farmers.

Claiming {that a} majority of the affected farmers haven’t obtained compensation from the insurance coverage firms, BJP MP from Bargarh Suresh Pujari, stated the system adopted by HDFC Ergo Insurance Company to calculate crop loss was so faulty that the compensation quantity is disproportionate to the quantum of loss suffered by the farmers. He had urged the Centre to blacklist HDFC Ergo for rejection of claims of a lot of farmers and non-acceptance of crop chopping studies.

As many as 47,418 farmers of Jharbandh, Padampur and Paikamal blocks which come underneath the Padampur Assembly constituency had been registered underneath the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yoyana for paddy crops over an space of 79,957 hectare in 2021 kharif season.

The BJD, nonetheless, blamed the Centre for the delay in fee of crop insurance coverage to farmers and stated it has made it clear by the tweet of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on this regard.Party spokesperson Sasmit Patra stated crop insurance coverage is cleared by the Centre and the insurance coverage firms make the fee.The state authorities doesn’t have any position on this regard.

Patra stated it’s clear from the assertion of Tomar that crop insurance coverage of farmers in Bargarh district, specifically Padmapur, had been pending with the Centre. “Farmers across Odisha are suffering for long. Now you (Centre) are asking insurance companies to pay,” he stated.