After well over a decade of patient and sustained legal battle, 31 farmers in Aland taluk in Kalaburagi district have won compensation for substandard seeds supplied to them by the Agriculture Department.
The dispute, which began in 2010, has come to a close by the fag end of 2023. However, three of the farmers died before the final order came.
The Karnataka State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (KSCDRC) recently passed an order directing the department to compensate the distressed farmers of Madiyal village for the loss of black gram crop owing to supply of substandard seeds by the department through the Karnataka State Seeds Corporation (KSSC).
