Maharashtra Government announces ₹10,000 crore aid for rain-affected farmers
The Hindu
For crop damage on irrigated land, the farmers in Maharashtra will get ₹15,000 per hectare
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced an assistance of ₹10,000 crore for farmers whose crops were damaged due to heavy rains in the State.
State Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who holds charge of the Finance Department, and PWD Minister Ashok Chavan made the announcement jointly here in Mumbai.
“Agricultural crops on over 55 lakh hectares of land have been damaged due to the extremely heavy rainfall between June and October this year. To provide some assistance to farmers, the Maharashtra government has decided to give financial assistance of ₹10,000 crore to the affected farmers,” the government said in a statement. Farmers who have lost their crops due to extremely heavy rains will get compensated, it said.
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