Summary:
Rajkot farmers ended their four-day long fast after government assurance that the process of payment of crop insurance will be expedited. They said that a large number of farmers have not got insurance settlements for not only for the 2018-19 season but for previous years. If they backtrack, we will restart over protests," said Dilip Sakhiya, district president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS). He added, "In 2016-17 and 2018-19, insurance claims for groundnut have been paid but not for cotton. Bringing private companies in crop insurance is going against the interest of the farmers.".