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".
The farmers were seen celebrating as they left their protest site at Kaushambi (Delhi-UP border), after suspending their year-long protest against the three farm laws.
Tikait, along with other farmers, will reach their home in Sauram, via Sisauli, Modinagar, Meerut, Daurala Toll Plaza and Mansurpur, celebrating their victory.
The summit brings focus on natural farming. Farmers will be provided with all requisite information detailing the benefits of adopting natural farming methods.
A state government official said even as the state government had adopted the natural farming technique (conceptualised by Subhash Palekar, a Padma Shree awardee 3 years back), the stage is now set to implement it in the entire country.
The house now stationed at Ghazipur on the border of the national capital with Uttar Pradesh captures the perseverance of the farmers who had camped on the outskirts on Delhi from November 2020 braving the chilly winter, rains and the bristling summer.
