INVC NEWS
New Delhi,
Union Agriculture Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh along with Minister of State visited areas of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan which have been affected by untimely rains. They assure a farming community that the government stands with them in this hour of crisis. They further assured the farmers that the Central Government is committed to provide irrigation water to every farmer and every field.
Agriculture Ministry has also contributed all the State Governments to release appropriate relief compensation from their State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) without any delay. In case there is any short fall of money in these funds the State Governments may fall upon their contingency funds as well as demand for more money from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). In this regard, Government of India has asked the State Governments to submit their memorandums. The Government has also directed the states to take necessary steps for restructuring farmer loans and disbursement of crop insurance.
Agriculture Ministry, Government of India has sent seven senior officers to the affected states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to do an initial assessment of crop damage. This is a historic initiative as never before the Union Government has sent teams before receiving reports from State Governments
The Prime Minister has taken a video conference with the states and their concerned Chief Secretaries’ yesterday i.e. 23.03.2015 and the estimated crop loss which was earlier quoted to be 181 lakh hectare of the State Governments has now been reduced to 106 lakh hectare. Government of India has directed the State Governments to quickly do a final assessment.
The State-wise revised damaged area under rabi crops during end of February to till date due to heavy rainfall, hailstorms, thunderstorm and strong wind
