The Centre on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha during the Budget session that it will not compensate the families of farmers who lost a memb...
The Centre on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha during the Budget session that it will not compensate the families of farmers who lost a member during the protests against the agricultural laws, reported Live Law.
The submission was made in response to the queries of several MPs about whether the government proposes to offer compensation to the families. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare said, “No Sir”.
The ministry added that the central government, during discussions with farm leaders, had “appealed many times” that children and elders, including women, should return back home “in view of the cold and Covid situation and other hardships”.
Thousands of farmers have camped on the outskirts of Delhi for over two months, braving the cold and rain, in a largely peaceful protest against the new agriculture laws.
As many as 70 of them have reportedly died, several of them due to biting cold weather as they camp out in the open in their tractors and trailors. Some of them died in separate road accidents as they travelled from different states to participate in the protests. At least three died by suicide, “to express anger and pain against the government’s injustice”.
Centre informs #LokSabha that it will not provide compensation to families of such farmers who lost their lives during...
