Amaravati: Wasting no time, the agriculture department has started its assessment of crop damage due to heavy rains and floods with field level teams told to start the process immediately. Village agriculture assistants and horticulture secretaries have been asked to commence survey in areas where flood waters have receded.
According to preliminary estimates, crops in around three lakh acres across the state have been damaged. However, the real numbers are likely to go up once an accurate survey is completed. “Farmers need not to worry about compensation as officials enumerate with complete transparency. All farmers who lost their crop will be identified,” said agriculture commissioner H Arun Kumar.
The commissioner has asked joint collectors for revenue and Rythu Bharosa to coordinate with district-level officials and monitor field surveys.
Field-level teams have been given a period of seven days to complete the enumeration and prepare a list of farmers along with the extent of crop damage in a particular village. They were told to publish draft lists of beneficiaries at the nearest Rythu Bharosa Kendra (RBK) within a week. Subsequently, farmers will be get an opportunity to submit objections and appeals over the lists within two days of the draft list’s release. Mandal-level agriculture officers also have been asked to look into the hardships of farmers in getting their details enrolled due to non-entry of crop/farmer details in e-crop booking portal.
Village revenue officials will be assisting the agriculture department in enumerating the actual cultivators as victims. “We have issued specific instructions to joint directors to ensure that only details of cultivators are entered and not the landlords. It will help us in extending either compensation or other benefits like subsidised seed supply to actual cultivators,” said Arun Kumar.
Following the audit at the Rythu Bharosa Kendra-level, lists will be forwarded to district collectors who will in turn send them to the state government for its approval.
According to preliminary estimates, crops in around three lakh acres across the state have been damaged. However, the real numbers are likely to go up once an accurate survey is completed. “Farmers need not to worry about compensation as officials enumerate with complete transparency. All farmers who lost their crop will be identified,” said agriculture commissioner H Arun Kumar.
The commissioner has asked joint collectors for revenue and Rythu Bharosa to coordinate with district-level officials and monitor field surveys.
Field-level teams have been given a period of seven days to complete the enumeration and prepare a list of farmers along with the extent of crop damage in a particular village. They were told to publish draft lists of beneficiaries at the nearest Rythu Bharosa Kendra (RBK) within a week. Subsequently, farmers will be get an opportunity to submit objections and appeals over the lists within two days of the draft list’s release. Mandal-level agriculture officers also have been asked to look into the hardships of farmers in getting their details enrolled due to non-entry of crop/farmer details in e-crop booking portal.
Village revenue officials will be assisting the agriculture department in enumerating the actual cultivators as victims. “We have issued specific instructions to joint directors to ensure that only details of cultivators are entered and not the landlords. It will help us in extending either compensation or other benefits like subsidised seed supply to actual cultivators,” said Arun Kumar.
Following the audit at the Rythu Bharosa Kendra-level, lists will be forwarded to district collectors who will in turn send them to the state government for its approval.
