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Manmeet Singh GillTribune News ServiceAmritsar, November 10Marginal farmers, who own less than five acres and had sown basmati, are not happy with the state government’s decision to exclude them from the list of Rs100 per quintal financial assistance, which was announced after the Supreme Court orders. They said the government was just trying to exclude as many as farmers to reduce the financial burden, which would incur on providing financial assistance for managing crop residue. Keeping the farmers, who had grown basmati varieties, out of the financial assistance list is not understandable,” said Sukhraj Singh from Attari. He said the Supreme Court orders were aimed at providing financial assistance to farmers who managed crop residue without burning it. Even the procedure, which will be adopted to disburse the assistance amount, needs to be made convenient for farmers.”.