Annoucement Date: 28 April 2023
Cabinet Approval: July 29, 2023
Effective from Date: May 1, 2023

"10% of total crop loss compensation will now go to farm labourers"
-CM Mann on 28 April 2023 as Labour Day Gift^[1]

Earlier
-Crop losses of farmers during natural calamity were covered by Govt
-But Farm labour whose livelihood also depended on that crop was left struggling

¶ Policy Details^[2]

• The Cabinet gave consent to a policy for providing relief to the farm labourer due to loss of crops in case of natural calamity

• Additional 10 percent will be provided out of the state budget to compensate the farm laborer

• 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

References:

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1. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-government-farmers-crop-loss-payment-8581511/ ↩︎

2. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=168652&headline=Punjab-Cabinet-gives-consent-to-policy-for-providing-relief-to-farmer-laborers-due-to-loss-of-crops-in-case-of-natural-calamity  ↩︎