AAP chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang said state Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal raised the demand of the special package with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
Dhaliwal met Tomar at the national conference of agriculture and horticulture ministers of the states in Bengaluru, he said.
The package should address the financial woes of the farmers, encourage crop diversification and also curb stubble burning in the state, said Kang.
The AAP leader also said Dhaliwal, during the meeting, demanded ₹15,000 per acre per year compensation for farmers of the border area to reduce their hardships.
He said the border area farmers can tend to their crops only between 10 am and 4 pm.
Punjab is an agrarian state and its economy depends on the agriculture sector, said Kang.
He said Punjab has been feeding the nation and now it is the duty of the Union government to extend financial help to bail the state farmers out of the debt trap.
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