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SAD asks Cong govt to pay compensation to marginal farmers for not burning their paddy stubble

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SAD asks Cong govt to pay compensation to marginal farmers for not burning their paddy stubble
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The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sikander Singh Maluka asked the Congress government to pay compensation of Rs 2,500 per acre to marginal Punjab farmers for not burning their paddy stubble to avoid incidents like the confinement of revenue officers going to check stubbing burning as had happened in Sangrur on Thursday. publive-image The Shiromani Akali Dal's Kisan Wing President Sikander Singh Maluka said marginal Punjab farmers with less than five acres of land had been betrayed by the Congress government which refused to pay the promised compensation of Rs 2,500 per acre to them for managing their paddy stubbly.
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Also Read | Captain Amarinder Singh sets up dedicated call centre team to check stubble burning Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sikander Singh Maluka asked Congress to pay compensation to marginal Punjab farmers for not burning paddy stubble. “Many farmers had teamed up and even purchased straw management machines but with no compensation being given by the State government they have been cheated. Many unfortunately have gone back to stubble burning and even confronted revenue officials who tried to stop this practice resulting in yesterday’s incident of confinement of 21 Patwaris as well as a Naib Tehsildar at Sangrur”. Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sikander Singh Maluka asked Congress to pay compensation to marginal Punjab farmers for not burning paddy stubble. Maluka said the farmers were claiming that officers should not harass them as the government had failed to help them in managing their paddy stubble.
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Also Read | PM Modi says farm bills to benefit small, marginal farmers the most He said the farmer's anger was more this time because it was the second consecutive year that the Punjab government failed to compensate farmers for managing paddy stubble and the failure to do so was causing social strife. Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sikander Singh Maluka asked Congress to pay compensation to marginal Punjab farmers for not burning paddy stubble. The Supreme Court had passed orders last year directing the States to give compensation of Rs 2,500 per acre to farmers to manage their paddy straw. educare The SAD leader said the Congress government’s refusal to come to the aid of marginal farmers had also come in the way of increased mechanization to tackle paddy straw. He said had the Punjab government acted in earnest the number of straw reapers in Punjab would have increased manifold resulting in a huge reduction in stubble burning cases. -PTC News-
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