SEZ: Sonia lauds Haryana compensation model for farmers

The Congress Government in Haryana has announced a compensation of Rs 15,000 per acre every year for 33 years for acquired land and of Rs 30,000 per acre for 33 years for land acquired for developing SEZs in the state.

“This step is a reminder of the Government’s commitment towards the welfare of farmers and development,” she said adding that the Union Government has also done its bit by increasing the Minimum Support Price of wheat and paddy recently.

In Bhiwani to pay tribute to former Haryana minister Surender Singh by unveiling his statue in a function organised by his wife and Haryana Minister Kiran Choudhary, Sonia appreciated the Government’s decision to allot plots of 100 sq yards to the poor and safai karamcharis in all villages of the state under it’s Gramin Vikas Yojna.

The UPA Chairperson also inaugurated the Rs 3,000-crore Rajiv Gandhi Bridges and Roads Infrastructure Development Programme on Wednesday at Charkhi Dadri.

Haryana’s Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced that the state will spend Rs 1000-crore in the first leg of the project that will end in December this year. “The project is to build roads connecting every village and city of Haryana and also strengthen bridges and railway over bridges all across the state. In the last two and half years, the Congress Government in Haryana has already spent Rs 2,100 crore on the development of roads and bridges as against a mere Rs 1,700 crore spent by the previous Government over it’s tenure of five years,” he said.