Centre is cheating farmers in the name of Raita Fasal Bima Scheme: Eshwar Khandre
Bengaluru, September 4: KPCC working president Eshwar Khandre alleged that the central government was cheating the farmers in the name of Raita Fasal Bima Scheme.
Speaking to reporters at the KPCC office here on Tuesday, Khandre said that after independence, the Fasal Bima Yojana was the biggest cheating the country has ever seen. The Prime Minister has misled the farmers saying that it would help the farmers and bring double income, he alleged.
During the UPA government, the crop insurance was being given through Agricultural Corporation. But in 2016-17, the NDA government has introduced Prime Minister’s Raita Fasal Bima Yojana projecting that the farmers would get compensation for their crop damage immediately. The farmers and the opposition parties have believed that it would alleviate their problems. But they did not know the objective behind introducing the scheme was to benefit the corporate companies, he said.
During 2017-18, total 1,80,000 farmers have insured their crops in Bidar district and they have paid Rs 14.25 crore insurance premium and both the centre and state government have together contributed Rs 186 crore. But the farmers have got only Rs 84 lakh and the remaining Rs 185 crore was swindled by the private insurance companies, he alleged.
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SC asks states to treat rising child trafficking cases as grave; seeks coordinated action
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has voiced grave concern over rising cases of child trafficking, saying gangs are operating across the country and if States and Union territories do not take immediate action, thing will go beyond control.
The court said only the state government and its home department can act vigilantly in this regard.
“As a court we can monitor, but ultimately the action has to be on the part of the state government, the police, and other agencies. Therefore, this is our humble request”, a bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan said during the hearing of a plea on Wednesday.
The bench was irked over the "lackadaisical" approach of several states and UTs in implementing a 2025 judgment aimed at dismantling organised trafficking networks.
Justice Viswanathan said the retrieval of children in some cases proves the problem can be tackled, but it requires a level of political and administrative will which is lacking at present.
The verdict, delivered on April 15, 2025, had mandated several institutional reforms, including completion of trials in trafficking cases within six months on a day-to-day basis.
It had also directed strengthening of Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) and improving investigation standards.
Besides asking for setting up of state-level committees to monitor vulnerable trafficking hotspots, it had asked the authorities to treat missing children cases as trafficking unless proven otherwise.
Earlier, the bench had termed the compliance reports filed by a few states as "nothing but an eye wash."
On Wednesday, the bench noted that Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Odisha, and Punjab had still failed to file reports in the prescribed format.
When the home secretary of Madhya Pradesh offered an apology for the lapse, the bench granted a "final opportunity" but warned that continued failure would lead to states being officially branded as "defaulting".
The bench noted that at least 15 states are yet to constitute review committees mandated to identify and monitor trafficking-prone areas.
The matter will now be heard on April 29.
