More than one lakh farmers who suffered crop loss during the August floods are awaiting compensation as authorities are yet to verify Aadhaar seeding with beneficiary bank accounts. Officials said the delay in verifying Aadhaar-seeding status was common while disbursing relief “as many farmers are receiving relief for the first time”. In all, 4.5 lakh farmers suffered crop losses in the devastating floods that affected 22 of the 30 districts in the state. Under pressure from farmers, officials have initiated the process of Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) verification. According to Kodihalli Chandrashekar, president of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, several farmers were awaiting compensation for damage caused due to floods.
Among the beneficiaries identified, 1,00,220 farmers — more than half of whom (59,200) were in Belagavi district — were yet to be compensated owing to pending verification of Aadhaar-seeding status with their bank accounts. According to a Revenue Department official, complaints of delay in compensation and AePS verification were perennial in nature.
— source deccanherald.com | Nov 12 2019