Crop Protection : Compensation for whitefly attack by Punjab governmentHome

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said the state government has announced maximum compensation for cotton growers affected by whitefly attack. Punjab government had announced maximum compensation of Rs 644 crore to help the farmers in this hour of crisis.

Punjab government has come under sharp attack from farmers and Congress who alleged that whitefly attack was more due to sale of "spurious pesticide" and had dismissed the compensation amount terming it as "meager" compared to the damage.

The state has nearly 12 lakh acre land under cotton cultivation this year. The Chief Minister had also sought approval from the Prime Minister to export Basmati to countries where import of rice from India had been banned

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