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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Indian national stabbed to death in Canada
Ottawa, (PTI): An Indian national was stabbed to death near Canada's Ottawa city and police have taken one suspect in custody, the Indian mission in the country said.
The High Commission of India in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, said the incident happened in Rockland. It did not identify the victim.
"We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of an Indian national in Rockland near Ottawa due to a stabbing. Police have stated a suspect has been taken into custody," The High Commission posted on X on Friday.
"We are in close contact through a local community association to provide all possible assistance to the bereaved kin," it said.
According to CTV News, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said a shooting incident happened near Lalonde Street in Rockland just before 3 pm on Friday.
The site is roughly 40 kilometres east of downtown Ottawa.
Police have not yet said what charges the person in custody faces, the report said.
OPP said there is no concern for public safety.
“As we are just in the early stages of the investigation, there is no further information that can be provided,” the CTV News quoted OPP as saying.
