Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday that a compensation policy is already in place for high-tension power lines passing through farmers' fields.
He made these remarks when Australian High Commissioner Philip Green paid a courtesy call on him at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday.
Ahead of the Assembly polls in Maharashtra, Congress said on Wednesday that the soybean and cotton farmers have been left to fend for themselves under the Mahayuti government in the state.
"Foodgrain production witnessed a record increase due to good production of rice, jowar, and maize," an official statement said.
He said that the government has become "a U-turn expert".
Delhi Chalo on hold till Feb 21 at Shambhu and Khanauri
It transformed India to self-reliance from a ship-tomouth existence. But the Green Revolution was not an unmixed blessing. Over the decades which followed, it sowed the seeds of its own destruction, leading to a grave farming crisis in the country.
Expressing gratitude to the Governor for her steadfast commitment to hosting this event annually within the Raj Bhavan courtyard, CM Yogi underscored its significance in fostering agricultural advancement.
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher, while talking to the media about the meeting, said "We will attend with a positive mindset. We will again put forward our demands in front of the ministers."
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs Piyush Goyal on Thursday expressed happiness at the rise in the production and quality of…
