Jammu, March 14: Ch Lal Singh, Former MP/Minister said that the farmers of Jammu province are in the worst ever distress they have ever faced.
He said this is the third crop failure in a row and the yesterday’s hailstorm seems to be the final nail in the coffin. He regretted that the relief being given to the farmers is merely an eyewash and those in whose favour compensation has been released, is merely a cruel joke to the entire farmers community who are the saviours of the mankind, he added.
Ch Lal Singh, while commenting on the recent Amnesty Scheme of J&K Government on power tariff, said that there is hardly any relief for the poor laborers, farmers, downtrodden and other economically weaker sections of the society as Government has merely condoned the interest or the compound interest without giving relief of any kind in the consumption of the power which the consumer has actually used. Government has used commercial bank mechanics without realising the reality of the poverty in the society.
The present Amnesty is beneficial to the willful defaulters only but not to the actual consumer who deserve it.
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