Karnataka gets Rs 795 crore Rabi crop relief against demand of Rs Rs 3000 cr
Synopsis
The Centre has released a total of Rs 795.54 crore for Rabi crop failure relief. A high level committee last month had agreed to release the funds. The State had asked for Rs 3000 crore as 160 taluks were drought hit in 2016.
The Central Government has released a total of Rs 795.54 crore to the State Government for Rabi crop failure relief, reported Kannada Prabha.
A month ago, a high level committee comprising Central Minister for Home Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh had agreed to release the funds.
The State Government had submitted request for Rs 3000 crore as it had declared 160 taluks as drought hit in 2016 and the Rabi crops had totally failed. However, the Central Government had agreed to release only Rs 795.54 crores as relief. The earlier Central Government had released a total of Rs 1782 crores for Rabi crop failure last time.
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