Farmers will get the compensation cheques for crop loss they suffered due to the recent unseasonal rains before Baisakhi, said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

He was addressing a press conference on the achievements of his government on completion of one year of its tenure here today.

“We have completed the special girdawari on 60 per cent of the affected land already. Farmers will definitely get their money, unlike many times earlier when the relief did not come at all. In case the loss is less than 75 per cent, farmers will get Rs 6,800 per acre as compared to Rs 5,400 earlier. If the loss is more than 75 per cent, farmers will get Rs 15,000 per acre as compared to Rs 12,000 earlier.”

The state has witnessed a 16.6 per cent increase in GST collection over the last financial year. The collection was Rs 18,126 crore as compared to Rs 15,542 crore in the previous fiscal. The CM said, “Though the excise policy had come into force after a delay of three months, it has helped in fetching 41.4 per cent more than the last year. The government earned Rs 8,841 crore, which is Rs 2,587 crore more than last year.”