Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announces Rs 1,250-cr boost for lockdown-hit
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announces Rs 1,250-cr boost for lockdown-hit
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: May 20, 2021, 06:00 IST
Citizens critical of the financial aid, some speculate it indicates
lockdown will be extended
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announced a Rs 1,250 crore financial package, to aid citizens whose livelihood is affected during the lockdown.
“I have given instructions to disburse the funds immediately, and there is no shortage of funds for this,” the Chief Minister said. The funds will be deposited into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries, he added.
Rs 10,000 will be given to flower growers for loss incurred per hectare. It will benefit about 20,000 farmers and may cost Rs 12.73 crore. For the losses suffered by fruit and vegetable growers, Rs 10,000 per hectare will be given as financial assistance, limiting it to one hectare, he said. This will benefit about 69,000 fa
NEW DELHI: A large number of farmers unions expressed their support for the farm laws before the Supreme Court even as proceedings were boycotted by the unions which have been staging roadblock protests at Singhu Border of Delhi for more than 45 days.
Bharatiya Kisan Sangh claiming membership of over 30 lakh farmers across the country, Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations mentioning about 15 lakh farmers as their members and Indian Kisan Union along with few other farmers unions told a bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian that they want implementation of farm laws as they are convinced that these laws will give farmers the freedom from middlemen and sell their goods at the highest price outside the APMC mandis.