Crop Losses In Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today announced that farmers would be given a relief amount of Rs 32,000 a hectare for crops loss of over 50 percent due to hailstorm and untimely rains in the state.

Farmers lost around 10-40 per cent of the standing and newly harvested wintercrops, said government sources.

A chunk of farmers from Madhya Pradesh have been picking holes in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's claim that the state government has paid full compensation to farmers for crop loss "with a single click"

A 37-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide after being unable to repay loans and suffering crop losses in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, police said today.

A farmers' Union leader in Madhya Pradesh's Malwa region has threatened to move court against what he claimed as the IMD's "wrong" predictions leading to crop losses for cultivators in recent times.

BJP MLA from Indore Akash Vijayvargiya on Monday kicked up a fresh row with his remarks that "we don't roam empty-handed", which the ruling Congress termed as a "threat" reminiscent of the June 26 incident wherein he had assaulted a civic official with a cricket bat in public view.

Two months after "botched" surgeries at a cataract camp in Indore sent the Kamal Nath-led Madhya Pradesh government into fire-fighting mode, similar complaints have now cropped up from his home constituency of Chhindwara. Four patients have reported deteriorating vision after a cataract operation, spurring the state government to order an inquiry.

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has objected to a survey by his party's government in Madhya Pradesh to assess crop loss due to rain and flood in parts of the state.

The Congress-led government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday announced to provide Rs 5,000 in minimum compensation to small and marginal farmers in the event of crop loss due to natural calamities.

After a nearly two-month dry spell, hill states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir are welcoming rain and snowfall but unseasonal rain and massive hailstorms are damaging crops in Maharahtra and Madhya Pradesh

In Madhya Pradesh's Badi Mungaoli village, farmer Kashiram Sabre committed suicide by hanging himself in the backyard of his hut in December last year. He was weighed down by repeated crop loss over the last two years and a loan of Rs 1 lakh that he had taken for the marriage of his daughters.

Global warming has 35-year-old Hemraj Meher, a farmer in Madhya Pradesh's Chaan village, worried about his wheat crop yield.

When his crop failed for the third straight year, Jalam Singh Malviya, a 44-year-old farmer in Madhya Pradesh, expected his insurance to come to the rescue. But all he got was Rs 13.

Three-year-old Kashish and her younger brother will never get to see their father again, a farmer in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh. Anil Kumavat committed suicide after his crops were damaged due to erratic rain.

Yet another farmer in Madhya Pradesh has committed suicide reportedly due to loss of crop and non-payment of compensation.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today announced that farmers would be given a relief amount of Rs 32,000 a hectare for crops loss of over 50 percent due to hailstorm and untimely rains in the state.

Farmers lost around 10-40 per cent of the standing and newly harvested wintercrops, said government sources.

A chunk of farmers from Madhya Pradesh have been picking holes in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's claim that the state government has paid full compensation to farmers for crop loss "with a single click"

A 37-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide after being unable to repay loans and suffering crop losses in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, police said today.

A farmers' Union leader in Madhya Pradesh's Malwa region has threatened to move court against what he claimed as the IMD's "wrong" predictions leading to crop losses for cultivators in recent times.

BJP MLA from Indore Akash Vijayvargiya on Monday kicked up a fresh row with his remarks that "we don't roam empty-handed", which the ruling Congress termed as a "threat" reminiscent of the June 26 incident wherein he had assaulted a civic official with a cricket bat in public view.

Two months after "botched" surgeries at a cataract camp in Indore sent the Kamal Nath-led Madhya Pradesh government into fire-fighting mode, similar complaints have now cropped up from his home constituency of Chhindwara. Four patients have reported deteriorating vision after a cataract operation, spurring the state government to order an inquiry.

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has objected to a survey by his party's government in Madhya Pradesh to assess crop loss due to rain and flood in parts of the state.

The Congress-led government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday announced to provide Rs 5,000 in minimum compensation to small and marginal farmers in the event of crop loss due to natural calamities.

After a nearly two-month dry spell, hill states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir are welcoming rain and snowfall but unseasonal rain and massive hailstorms are damaging crops in Maharahtra and Madhya Pradesh

In Madhya Pradesh's Badi Mungaoli village, farmer Kashiram Sabre committed suicide by hanging himself in the backyard of his hut in December last year. He was weighed down by repeated crop loss over the last two years and a loan of Rs 1 lakh that he had taken for the marriage of his daughters.

Global warming has 35-year-old Hemraj Meher, a farmer in Madhya Pradesh's Chaan village, worried about his wheat crop yield.

When his crop failed for the third straight year, Jalam Singh Malviya, a 44-year-old farmer in Madhya Pradesh, expected his insurance to come to the rescue. But all he got was Rs 13.

Three-year-old Kashish and her younger brother will never get to see their father again, a farmer in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh. Anil Kumavat committed suicide after his crops were damaged due to erratic rain.

Yet another farmer in Madhya Pradesh has committed suicide reportedly due to loss of crop and non-payment of compensation.