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Farmers of Thanjavur district stage walkout from grievance day meeting

ANGRY: Farmers demonstrating at the collectorate after a walkout from the monthly grievances day meeting in Thanjavur on Friday.

THANJAVUR: Farmers of Thanjavur district staged a walkout from the monthly agriculture grievances day meeting held at the Collectorate here on Friday urging the State Government to get the 50 per cent share of crop insurance from Central Government and pay the compensation for farmers whose crops were damaged in the Nisha cyclone last year.

They said that the State Government’s share of 50 per cent alone is now given to farmers. Centre’s share is pending.

They also demanded payment of Rs. 2,500 per tonne for sugarcane.

Presiding over the meeting, Collector M. S. Shanmugham said that samba transplantation had been completed on 1.08 lakh hectares in the district so far and Thaladi transplantation on 18,000 hectares. Thaladi transplantation may be completed before December 15.

The last date for payment of premium for enrolling farmers in crop insurance for the current samba and thaladi season is December 15. Loanee farmers can pay premium up to December 31.

There is a stock of 5,949 tonnes of Urea, 4,697 tonnes of Di Ammonium Phosphate, 3,582 tonnes of Potash and 1944 tonnes of complex fertilisers in the Primary Agriculture Co-operative Credit Societies in the district and with private companies, the Collector said.

Under National Horticulture Mission, it has been planned to raise cocoa crop on 1000 hectares, mango on 50 hectares, banana on 400 hectares and chillies on 100 hectares this year.

Under National Bamboo Mission, it has been planned to raise bamboo on 75 hectares this year.

The plan is to raise medicinal herbs on 75 hectares this year under National Medicinal Herbs Mission.

Thanjavur and Kumbakonam Central Co-operative Banks have so far disbursed Rs 70 crore as crop loan this year to 24,579 farmers.

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