Chouhan transferred crop compensation amount of Rs 41 crore 85 lakh to 4261 farmers from the CM’s residence office with a single click. The area of affected crops was 3690 hectares. Out of this, the area of affected banana crop is 3470 hectares and that of other crops is 219 hectares. There are 3960 banana crop producer farmers and other crop producer farmers are 301.
It is notable that the banana of Burhanpur is exported to numerous countries of the world. The has given financial relief to the banana producing farmers, relieving them from the crisis of crop getting damaged. Banana production has also been selected in Burhanpur district under “One District – One Product”. Along with the states of the country, the banana of Burhanpur is also exported to other countries.
Chief Minister said that the compensation rate for banana crop has been doubled. According to this important amendment, now the relief amount will be increased from Rs 15 thousand to Rs 30 thousand per hectare if the farmer suffers 25 to 33 percent damage to his banana crops. Similarly, in case of 33 to 50 percent damage, the relief amount will be increased from Rs 27 thousand to Rs. 54 thousand per hectare. If the damage is more than 50 percent, then the relief amount will be Rs. 2 lakh per hectare instead of one lakh.