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
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
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