1691/’17
Hon. Douglas Devananda,—To ask the Minister of Agriculture,—
(a) Is he aware that—
(i) the farmers paid Rs. 150/- for paddy field insurance on each 50 kilogrammes pack of fertilizer when fertilizer was provided to farmers involved in paddy cultivation at concessionary rates during the previous government;
(ii) the farmers who subscribed to that scheme, received compensation easily when there were destroyed;
(iii) the scheme of charging that insurance premium is not functional at present;
(iv) there have been delays in paying compensation to formers when paddy cultivations were destroyed owing to rapidly changing whether conditions experienced recently?
(b) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether there is a system to pay compensation to farmers who get affected in the manner stated above;
(ii) whether there is a possibility of implementing a scheme similar to that of the paddy field insurance scheme that prevailed in the past?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2017-09-06
Asked by
Hon. Douglas Devananda, M.P.
Ministry
Agriculture
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Insurance for farmers
Answered Date
2017-09-06
Answered by
Hon. Wasantha Aluwihare, M.P.
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