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".
Security has been heightened in the area as the farmers blocked the Palwal toll plaza on the six-lane expressway by squatting on the road in the scorching heat.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan requested CM Naveen Patnaik to personally intervene and ensure expeditious compliance of procedural formalities and help 40.5 lakh farmers of the state get the benefit of PM KISAN.
Braving the harsh cold and staying in tents, the eight young medics of the NBMCH took turns to associate themselves with the non-profit Medical Service Centre (MSC) camped along the Singhu border between December and February.
Cold storages will buy 10 lakh metric ton of potatoes from farmers at a rate of Rs six per kg and the process would begin with Jyoti variety of potatoes.
Modi said some highly educated and skilled people were spreading terror and violence in the world, while others were toiling day and night to free people from a global epidemic like Covid-19.
