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Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Oppn criticises Union agri minister over no compensation announcement to rain-affected farmers in Maharashtra
Pune: A day after Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited Pune city, the opposition criticised him, claiming that the minister made several announcements but did not announce any compensation for the farmers of the state who faced losses due to recent heavy rain. The state witnessed unusually heavy rain in May, causing damage to crops like onion, bananas and vegetables. While the state govt has assured help to the distressed farmers, members of the opposition said since the Union agriculture minister was in the state, he should have announced some aid. "The agriculture minister spoke about using technology to improve production and to give clean saplings to farmers. We are not against the use of technology in agriculture, but at the moment, the priority should have been announcing immediate compensation to farmers who incurred huge losses due to heavy rain," Raju Shetti, founder of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, said. The state govt has announced panchanama of all farms that suffered damages due to the heavy rain. The opposition members, however, said the process of evaluation of damage should finish fast, and the govt should start providing actual compensation. "We have not witnessed such heavy rain in May. The number of farmers affected by this rain is not many, and therefore, there should not be a problem in providing them compensation. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Learn How To Write Faster for Work (Find Out Now) Grammarly Learn More Undo Ample funds are available with the central govt under National Disaster Response Funds, which Chouhan could have utilised to provide relief to farmers. However, he did not make any such announcement, which is quite unfortunate," Shetti said. The Congress party has also criticised the central govt for neglecting the farmers' issues. State Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave 16 promises to farmers, including farm loan waiver, giving MSP, and others. PM Modi and his party have forgotten their promises after forming the govt, but we have not forgotten our farmers. We will continue to raise their issues."
Time of India
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Shetti accuses govt of abandoning farmers, warns of statewide protest
Pune: President of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna Raju Shetti on Tuesday accused the govt of abandoning farmers while they were in claimed that eight farmers die by suicide in the state daily because of the govt's failure to provide any relief it promised. He warned that the entry of Mahayuti ministers would be stopped in rural parts of the state if the govt did not announce any compensation for parts of the state have been witnessing unseasonal rain of late, causing significant damage to many crops and adding to farmers' woes. Shetti said, "Farmers invested a lot in vegetables and fruits like mango, grapes and banana, but they incurred huge losses because of unseasonal rain. The govt has not taken any proactive measures such as carrying out panchnama of their farms and announcing compensation."The farmers' leader also accused the Mahayuti govt of betraying the farming community. Shetti said, "During the election campaign, the members of Mahayuti made tall promises such as farm loan waiver , better prices and other facilities. After coming to power, they have taken a complete U-turn by denying loan waiver and scrapping the crop insurance scheme."He said, "The soybean farmers incurred a loss of Rs15,000 crore in a year. Even the cotton farmers are facing similar problems. While the govt has abandoned the community, nearly eight farmers die by suicide in the state every day. Therefore, we have decided to organise a statewide agitation. Even if we are compelled to take the law into our own hands, we are ready to do so, but we will stop all the ministers from entering rural parts soon." Even Congress has criticised the state and central govts for neglecting the farmers' issues. Senior member of the party, Vijay Wadettiwar, said, "While Maharashtra is a major contributor to GST, the central govt is doing injustice to the state by not giving enough funds. The Mahayuti has failed to get any relief for farmers from the Centre despite BJP being in the govt at both the Centre and the state." Pune: President of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna Raju Shetti on Tuesday accused the govt of abandoning farmers while they were in claimed that eight farmers die by suicide in the state daily because of the govt's failure to provide any relief it promised. He warned that the entry of Mahayuti ministers would be stopped in rural parts of the state if the govt did not announce any compensation for parts of the state have been witnessing unseasonal rain of late, causing significant damage to many crops and adding to farmers' woes. Shetti said, "Farmers invested a lot in vegetables and fruits like mango, grapes and banana, but they incurred huge losses because of unseasonal rain. The govt has not taken any proactive measures such as carrying out panchnama of their farms and announcing compensation."The farmers' leader also accused the Mahayuti govt of betraying the farming community. Shetti said, "During the election campaign, the members of Mahayuti made tall promises such as farm loan waiver, better prices and other facilities. After coming to power, they have taken a complete U-turn by denying loan waiver and scrapping the crop insurance scheme."He said, "The soybean farmers incurred a loss of Rs15,000 crore in a year. Even the cotton farmers are facing similar problems. While the govt has abandoned the community, nearly eight farmers die by suicide in the state every day. Therefore, we have decided to organise a statewide agitation. Even if we are compelled to take the law into our own hands, we are ready to do so, but we will stop all the ministers from entering rural parts soon." Even Congress has criticised the state and central govts for neglecting the farmers' issues. Senior member of the party, Vijay Wadettiwar, said, "While Maharashtra is a major contributor to GST, the central govt is doing injustice to the state by not giving enough funds. The Mahayuti has failed to get any relief for farmers from the Centre despite BJP being in the govt at both the Centre and the state."
