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Addressing a press convention right here, the BJP chief alleged the MVA authorities has looted farmers and favoured insurance coverage corporations.
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Former Maharashtra agriculture minister Anil Bonde on Tuesday alleged corruption in settling crop insurance coverage claims of farmers below the watch of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities and demanded cancellation of the state’s settlement with crop insurance coverage corporations. Addressing a press convention right here, the BJP chief alleged the MVA authorities has looted farmers and favoured insurance coverage corporations.
“When Devendra Fadnavis was chief minister, 85 lakh of the 128 lakh farmers who had bought crop insurance coverage from corporations obtained Rs 5,795 crore in the crop loss claims in the 2019 Kharif season. “However, in the 2020 Kharif season (the Shiv Sena-led MVA got here to energy in November 2019), solely 15 lakh of the 138 lakh farmers who had crop insurance coverage might get solely Rs 974 crore in claims for crop loss. The insurance coverage corporations made a revenue of Rs 4,234 crore with the blessings of the Uddhav Thackrey authorities,” he alleged.
Bonde said farmers from the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions received the least in terms of crop insurance claims. “The Maharashtra government’s agreement with crop insurance companies be cancelled and action be taken against erring officials,” he stated.
He demanded the resignation of the state agriculture minister.
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