The Telangana Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao on Thursday announced that the TS government will extend the financial assistance to the unseasonal rain-hit farmers. Mr.Harish Rao announced that a compensation of Rs. 5,400 per acre for each farmer will be allotted by the government within a month period.

The T-Irrigation Minister assured that the government comes to the rescue of all the farmers who have faced the crop loss, and they need not worry on it. He interacted with the farmers of Kurthivada village in Papannapet mandal and assessed the crop loss, along with the Endowment Minister A Indrakaran Reddy and Deputy Speaker M. Padma Devender Reddy.

“The TS government has modified the regulations, and we will compensate to the farmers who incurred a loss of more than 33 per cent of the crop, unlike the previous government’s rule of paying the compensation only if the loss was more than 50 per cent. More farmers would be benefitted with the modified regulations,” Harish Rao said.

The Irrigation Minister also informed that around 871 hectares of paddy and 3,000 hectares of horticulture crops were destroyed due to the unseasonal rains, and said the farmers who have incurred the losses can avail the input subsidy. Mr.Harish Rao also said that if a farmer dies due to adversities caused by crop damage, his kin will be given Rs. 5lakh. He asked the officials to display the list of farmers who have suffered crops loss at the panchayat office, and the ones who were missed in the list could apply immediately.

Source - http://www.justtelugu.com/