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It had been raining heavily in Unnao, an impoverished district in the hinterlands of Uttar Pradesh. The Ganga runs through it. The rain swelled the waters and turned the banks into slush. The river gave up the dead hundreds of putrefying corpses of Covid-19 patients, which had been buried in graves barely three-foot deep. Their families were too poor to afford wood for their cremation. Before Covid-19 struck Unnao, wood for a pyre cost around Rs 500. It now sells for Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000. Add priests, attendants and samagri, the bill to reach paradise comes to around Rs 10,000. Even as thousands of compassionate citizens struggle to help coronavirus victims get food, oxygen, medicines and hospital beds, a malevolent beast has risen to profit from horror. He blackmails families begging for oxygen by charging them astronomical prices. He sells empty cylinders and faulty oximeters. ....
Chhattisgarh Sends Rs 1,500 Crore To 22 Lakh Farmers For Monsoon Sowing Chhattisgarh Sends Rs 1,500 Crore To 22 Lakh Farmers For Monsoon Sowing Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel also transferred Rs 7.17 crore to 72,000 villagers including those engaged in rearing cattle for selling cow dung to gauthans, to be converted into fertiliser The Chhattisgarh government said the subsidy will help farmers prepare for kharif crop Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government has spent Rs 1,500 crore in paying 22 lakh farmers directly into their bank accounts as input cost subsidy so that they can prepare to sow kharif or monsoon crop. Today, on the occasion of the martyrdom day of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel transferred an amount of Rs 1,500 crore as input subsidy directly into the bank accounts of 22 lakh farmers in the state, for preparations of the upcoming kharif season, the Chhattisgarh government said in a statement. ....
Chhattisgarh Assembly Budget session to be held from Feb 22 to Mar 26 Chhattisgarh assembly budget session will start from February 22 and will conclude on March 26 and 24 sittings will be held amid this period, Dr. Charan Das Mahant, Speaker of Chhattisgarh Assembly said, while addressing a press conference on Sunday in Chhattisgarh assembly. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who also holds the Finance portfolio, will table the Budget for fiscal 2021-22 on March 1 during the budget session of the Assembly starting on February 22. The session will commence with the address of Governor Anusuiya Uikey. The Motion of Thanks to the Governor s address will be taken up for discussion on February 25-26. ....