Protest over non-payment of crop insurance
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Title
Protest over non-payment of crop insurance
Description
Pune: Farmers held a protest outside the office of state agriculture commissioner on Monday demanding immediate disbursement of crop insurance. The members of the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, which led the agitation, claimed that the crops were damaged in the last kharif season (2020) because of heavy rainfall but many farmers had not received the insurance sum because of technical reasons. The agitators announced the suspension of the protest after they were given assurance of a meeting with the state agriculture minister, Dada Bhuse, in Mumbai on Wednesday. Amol Waghmare, the leader of the organisation, said, “We shall decide the further course of action after the meeting with the agriculture minister.” He said, “Farmers from Beed and other districts are waiting for the crops insurance sum from the last year. We have not received any firm response from the government despite follow-ups. The farmers are being given technical reasons for the non-payment of the insured sum.” Leaders of Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, like Ashok Dhawale, Kisan Gujar and Ajit Navale, participated in the protest.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-08-31
Coverage
Pune