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Punjab Cabinet gives consent to policy for providing relief to farmer laborers due to loss of crops in case of natural calamity
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, July 29, 2023: The Cabinet also gave consent to a policy for providing relief to the farm labourer due to loss of crops in case of natural calamity.
As relief amount is released to Deputy Commissioners for the relief of crop damage due to natural calamity so as per the policy additional 10 percent of the above relief amount will be provided to them out of the state budget to compensate the farm laborer.
This policy will be effective from May 1, 2023 and all the farm labourers' families who have no land (except residential plot) or those who have less than one acre of leased/ rented/ cultivated land will be eligible for it.