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CHENNAI: Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday announced Rs 600 crore relief assistance to around five lakh farmers who lost agricultural and horticultural crops over 3,10,589.63 hectares during the heavy rains and winds caused by the cyclones Nivar and Burevi recently. He has substantially hiked the assistance to farmers above the amount prescribed in the National Disaster Relief Fund guidelines.
The Chief Minister, in a statement here, said the relief assistance (input subsidy) of Rs 600 crore would be credited directly to the bank accounts of the farmers from January 7. The additional amount granted by the Chief Minister as input subsidy would be borne by the Tamil Nadu government.
The amount will be credited into their accounts from January 7, says CM
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Saturday announced ₹600 crore in input relief for farmers affected by Cyclone Nivar and Burevi.
“The relief is meant for agricultural and horticultural crops raised on 3,10,589.63 hectares and five lakh farmers. The amount will be credited into their accounts from January 7,” he said in a release.
NDRF guidelines
The relief has been announced in accordance with the guidelines of the National Disaster Relief Fund. It has been increased from ₹13,500 to ₹20,000 per hectare for the damage to paddy cultivated in areas with irrigation facilities and in dry areas. As for the crops other than paddy grown in
‘Govt. released input subsidy, Rythu Bharosa instalment’
Jana Sena Party general secretary T. Siva Sankar has alleged that YSR Congress Party government was duping people by claiming that farmers hit by Cyclone Nivar have been paid compensation on December 29. Referring to the full page advertisements issued by the government on December 29, he alleged that the State government has not released any funds towards the Nivar-affected farmers.
Addressing a media conference here on Wednesday, Mr. Siva Sankar said that the government only released input subsidy and instalment of ‘Rythu Bharosa – PM Kisan’, which was due to them.
He alleged that G.O. RT. Nos 127 and 128 were issued in a hurry after JSP president Pawan Kalyan visited the cyclone-affected farmers in the first week of December. These G.O.s are for input subsidy and Rythu Bharosa and not a compensation for Nivar-affected farmers, he said.
A museum on water management, inside a digital box
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Newly-launched virtual module ‘Museum in a Box’ introduces children to sustainable water management that is specific to Indian topography
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Newly-launched virtual module ‘Museum in a Box’ introduces children to sustainable water management that is specific to Indian topography
Tamil Nadu was battered with ferocity by Cyclone Nivar in November. The brute force of a storm, and flooding thereafter, often puts in perspective the importance of managing water, as a resource. The Care Earth Trust, in conjunction with the US Consulate General in Chennai launched ‘Museum in a Box’ as a starting point, for teachers and educators looking to introduce children to the basic principles of hydrology.
Input subsidy given to farmers in one month, says Muttamsetti
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‘Opposition parties indulging in false propaganda against the govt.’
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Tourism Minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao speaking at a press conference in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
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‘Opposition parties indulging in false propaganda against the govt.’
Tourism Minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao has said that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy released the third instalment of YSR Rythu Bharosa and the input subsidy to farmers, affected by Cyclone Nivar, in a record time of one month after the cyclone.
Addressing a media conference here on Tuesday, the Minister said that paddy was destroyed in 7,567 hectares and sugarcane was destroyed in 9.3 hectares, affecting 37,474 farmers, and the total input subsidy released was ₹1,135 lakh and for sugarcane ₹1.40 lakh. The third instalment released under YSR Rythu Bharosa in the district was ₹15.55 cro