For the first time the eligibility criterion for sanctioning compensation for crop loss has been reduced from 50 per cent to 33 per cent. This came in the wake of the crop damage suffered by farmers during unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm between April 7 and 16.
According to the final enumeration of the damages done by the Agriculture department crop was lost in a total of 2,127 hectares across the district with sesamum accounting for 1,533 hectares. The total loss amount of input subsidy as compensation proposed is Rs. 1.08 crore. -Special Correspondent