Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended the deadline for the farmers to report crop damage due to unseasonal rains during the last week and claim compensation for the losses incurred by them to January 1.
Earlier, the last date for reporting crop loss was December 29 but on Sunday Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi extended the deadline to December 31. On Monday, the government further extended the deadline to January 1 with a view to include more affected farmers.
As the farmers faced crop loss due to unseasonal rains in the state, the state government planned to help the affected farmers. In this regard, the Chief Minister held a meeting and visited Nayagarh, Gajapati and Ganjam districts and assessed the damages. Other ministers have also visited the affected areas.
A press communiqué issued by the government on Monday said that both uninsured and insured farmers will be assisted. On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the state government requested the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment to extend this period. Keeping in view the interests of the farmers, the Central government has extended this period for another three days. Therefore, farmers can now inform the insurance companies about the crop loss till January 1, 2025.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi thanked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Shivraj Singh Chauhan for this sympathetic attitude of the Central government towards the farmers of Odisha.
