GOVT COMMITTED TO PROVIDE PROPER COMPENSATION TO FARMERS: AGRI MIN

Govt

has instructed the collectors to assess the damaged crops due to hailstorm, says Lalchand Kataria

Yogesh Sharma and Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria on Monday has said that the state government has given instructions for special Girdawari to all the district collectors to assess the damage caused to rabi crops due to hailstorm, frost and cold wave. He said that the state govt is committed to provide proper compensation to farmers.

Kataria was giving a statement on behalf of the government in the Vidhan Sabha on Monday regarding the situation arising out of frost and cold wave. He said that in 2022-23, Rabi crop has been sown in 109.55 lakh hectare area. According to preliminary estimates, out of 29.65 lakh hectare sown area of wheat crop, about 42,000 hectare, out of 4.08 lakh hectare sown area of barley crop, 19,000 hectare, 20.57 lakh hectare of gram crop were sown. Out of the area of 2.25 lakh hectare, 2 to 40% has been damaged.He said that out of the total sown area of 39.36 lakh hectare of Mustard and Taramira, 2 to 65% damage has been done in 9.83 lakh hectare area.

Lumpy: No proposal yet for easy loan to cattle rearers

First India Bureau

Jaipur: There is no proposal under consideration yet for giving loans on easy rates to cattle rearers whose animals died due to lumpy skin disease, Rajasthan Agriculture Minister LC Kataria said on Monday.

Speaking during the Question Hour, he said that 76,030 cattle died due to lumpy skin disease in last year. However, there is no proposal under consid-

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Congress MLAs corner own govt during debate over Guv speech

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Jaipur: During the debate on the Governor’s address in the Assembly, the Congress MLAs surrounded the government on the issues of electricity, water, education and corruption.

Congress MLAs Suresh Modi and Harish Meena questioned the government on many issues.

Meena questioned the government’s claim of zero tolerance towards corruption. Raising the issue of farmers not getting electricity, Suresh

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