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Hry gives Rs. 2-6 as compensation for damaged crops
Haryana ministers are known to spoil themselves with luxuries like the most-expensive SUVs but when it comes to doing something for the state's farmers, the story is a little different.
Updated on: Jul 25, 2013, 15:08:20 IST
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Haryana ministers are known to spoil themselves with luxuries like the most-expensive SUVs but when it comes to doing something for the state's farmers, the story is a little different.
The self-proclaimed farmer-friendly Haryana government has doled out cheques worth royal amounts ranging from Rs. 2-6 to a number of farmers of Jhajjar district as compensation for their damaged crops.
Moreover, adding insult to injury, the compensation has been paid after a wait of nearly two years.
Water-logging and excessive rainfall had damaged the crops in 2011.
A special survey, set up in 2011 to assess the damage, decided on these paltry amounts.
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