A delegation of the All-Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Union called on Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhawan here today and presented a memorandum of their demands. The demands presented by the 16-member delegation, led by chairman Ashok Sharma, included provision of a special package of Rs 500 crore for drought-hit farmers of Jammu region for the loss of their crops in 2012, supply of free rations for six months and free seeds and fertilisers for kharif 2013 to the affected farmers, issuance of Kisan Credit Cards and land passbooks to the farmers in the state and provision of free crop and cattle insurance. Other demands highlighted by the delegation included provision of separate agriculture budget in the state and the Centre, formulation of a comprehensive farm policy in J&K, establishment of Kisan Mandis and Kisan Bhawans at the block, district, divisional and state levels, providing soft loans to the growers, bringing small and marginal farmers under the BPL category, strengthening local self government by incorporating the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in the state, settling of the issues of 1947, 1965, 1971 and West Pakistan refugees and providing relief to the migrants of Jammu region at par with the Kashmiri migrants. After hearing the delegation, the Governor observed that their demands would be taken up with the Agriculture Minister and other ministers concerned. Navin K Choudhary, Principal Secretary to the Governor, was present on the occasion. The delegation comprised MS Jamwal, Om Parkash Sharma, Raghunandan Khajuria, Col (Retd) Bana Ram, Sushil Jamwal, Dr Iftkhar Hussain, Vijay Sharma, Vinod Sharma, Som Raj Khajuria, JL Bhagat, MY Mughal, Hans Raj Sharma, Chaman Lal, Kashmir Singh and Dr Yash Paul Sharma. A 13-member delegation of the All J&K National Youth Corps Volunteers also met the Governor. The delegation, led by Asif Ali Bhati, state vice-president of the association and Sayed Bakar Jafri, joint secretary, presented their demands to the Governor, which included continuation of their services and their retention in the departments in which they were deployed and converting their monthly honorarium into salary. Interacting with the delegation, the Governor observed that the issues raised by them would be taken up with the Minister for Youth Services and Sports.