The Hon. Rohana Bandara
Hon. Rohana Bandara raised concerns about delayed crop insurance compensation for farmers who paid about Rs. 6,400 per acre in premiums and suffered flood damage. He cited the Nuwara Wewa command area, where compensation for the 2023/24 Maha season remains unpaid despite field inspections conducted a year earlier. He urged the authorities to expedite payments and ensure fairness, noting that indebted farmers are asking at least for their premiums to be returned.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Farmers pay about Rs. 6,400 per acre as premium for this insurance. Many suffered flood damages this season; however, compensation is delayed. For example, under the Nuwara Wewa command area, compensation for the 2023/24 Maha season has not been paid even after field inspections a year ago. Farmers are in debt and now even ask to get at least their premiums back. Will you expedite payments and ensure fairness?
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- Hansard, Friday, 7 February 2025 ·No. 1739786070060795 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohana Bandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 February 2025. No. 1739786070060795. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22987