Rs 6,000 crore earmarked for Haryana farmers from Central fund, says Dalal

Sunit Dhawan

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Tribune News Service

Rohtak, August 24

An amount of Rs 6,000 crore has been earmarked for Haryana from the Central Farmers’ Welfare Fund of Rs 1 lakh crore so that the small and medium farmers of the state are able to start other ventures apart from agriculture.

This was stated by Haryana Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister J.P.Dalal at Rohtak today. He was addressing a gathering after handing over financial assistance to the dependents of the farmers killed and injured in accidents.

The minister handed over cheques for nearly Rs 65 lakh to the victims under the Chief Minister’s security scheme for farmers and farm-labourers on the occasion. He claimed that the Haryana Government had set a new record by purchasing wheat worth Rs 19,000 crore.

“Providing relief to the farmers in the Covid era, the Central Government has decided to continue purchasing agricultural produce at the minimum support price (MSP),” said the minister, adding that the MSPs of the crops will be increased every year.