Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 31: A deputation of All J&K Kissan Union led by its chairman Ashok Sharma, today met Divisional Commissioner Pardeep Gupta and submitted a memorandum of demands to him.
The demands put forward by the Union through memorandum included a special relief package of Rs 500 crore for drought hit 40 lakh farmers of Jammu region, free crop and cattle insurance of farmers, provision of separate agiculture budget both in the State and the Centre, establishment of Kissan Mandies and Kissan Bhawans on block, district, provincial and State level, bringing all the small and marginal farmers under BPL category, etc.
The Div Com assured the deputation members that their demands would be taken up with the concerned authorities .
MS Jamwal, Dr Iftqar Hussain, Dev Raj Sharma, Rattan Singh Bahu, Mohinder Kumar Sharma, BR Bandral, Baldev Singh and Kapil Sharma were the part of the delegation.
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