Drought Relief Package

Karnataka, which is reeling under severe drought, may have to wait till a new government comes to power at the Centre in order to get approval for relief package, according to sources.

Tamil Nadu farmers rallying in New Delhi to demand loan waiver and drought relief package on Thursday beat themselves with flip-flops to protest the almost two-fold salary hikes state legislators have given themselves.

Farmers from Tamil Nadu have called off their strike in Delhi over a drought relief package for 15 days after an assurance by Chief Minister E Palaniswami today.

Around a dozen human skulls are on display at Jantar Mantar -- the protest zone in Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi. The 150-odd men who have been camping with the bizarre relics since March 14, say they are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide. If the Centre only gave them a loan waiver and a drought relief package, these...

As part of an immediate relief package to drought-hit farmers and rural population, the government should take the load of their bank loan payments upon itself and provide food grains at subsidised rates, Assocham President Sunil Kanoria said here on Tuesday.

The Centre today approved a relief package of Rs 5,083 crore for Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, which declared drought in 48 districts due to deficit monsoon rainfall this year.

A Central team is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra to assess the damage in drought-hit areas, after the state government sought a relief package of Rs 4,000 crore from the Union government. The state had earlier declared drought in 15,747 villages across Maharashtra.

The government today announced a relief package of Rs 300 crore to provide diesel and seed subsidy, among others, in order to save standing kharif crops in the eventuality of drought and deficit rainfall.

The high-level panel on National Disaster Management, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, has approved a central assistance of Rs 107 crore to Kerala that faced drought last year.

Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday urged the central government to announce Rs 5,000 crore interim package for taking up relief works in drought-affected areas in Karnataka.

DMK president M Karunanidhi today demanded that Tamil Nadu government make a "genuine assessment," of the drought-situation in the Cauvery Delta region and announce a relief package for affected farmers.

The Telugu Desam Party has demanded that the Centre include Andhra Pradesh in the drought-affected states' list and extend a relief package to it immediately. "More than 400 mandals (tehsils) in the state are reeling under drought but the Central government has turned a blind eye yet again towards Andhra Pradesh," TDP politburo member Yanamala Rama...

Concerned over poor monsoon in more than half of the country, the Centre today announced a slew of measures, including a relief package of about Rs 2,000 crore to states facing drought-like situation and 50 per cent diesel subsidy to farmers to save standing kharif crops.

In a major step to mitigate the sufferings of farmers reeling under worst drought in four decades in several parts of Karnataka, the state government on Tuesday announced a Rs 3,500-crore package waiving farms loan up to Rs 25,000.

Karnataka, which is reeling under severe drought, may have to wait till a new government comes to power at the Centre in order to get approval for relief package, according to sources.

Tamil Nadu farmers rallying in New Delhi to demand loan waiver and drought relief package on Thursday beat themselves with flip-flops to protest the almost two-fold salary hikes state legislators have given themselves.

Farmers from Tamil Nadu have called off their strike in Delhi over a drought relief package for 15 days after an assurance by Chief Minister E Palaniswami today.

Around a dozen human skulls are on display at Jantar Mantar -- the protest zone in Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi. The 150-odd men who have been camping with the bizarre relics since March 14, say they are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide. If the Centre only gave them a loan waiver and a drought relief package, these...

As part of an immediate relief package to drought-hit farmers and rural population, the government should take the load of their bank loan payments upon itself and provide food grains at subsidised rates, Assocham President Sunil Kanoria said here on Tuesday.

The Centre today approved a relief package of Rs 5,083 crore for Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, which declared drought in 48 districts due to deficit monsoon rainfall this year.

A Central team is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra to assess the damage in drought-hit areas, after the state government sought a relief package of Rs 4,000 crore from the Union government. The state had earlier declared drought in 15,747 villages across Maharashtra.

The government today announced a relief package of Rs 300 crore to provide diesel and seed subsidy, among others, in order to save standing kharif crops in the eventuality of drought and deficit rainfall.

The high-level panel on National Disaster Management, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, has approved a central assistance of Rs 107 crore to Kerala that faced drought last year.

Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday urged the central government to announce Rs 5,000 crore interim package for taking up relief works in drought-affected areas in Karnataka.

DMK president M Karunanidhi today demanded that Tamil Nadu government make a "genuine assessment," of the drought-situation in the Cauvery Delta region and announce a relief package for affected farmers.

The Telugu Desam Party has demanded that the Centre include Andhra Pradesh in the drought-affected states' list and extend a relief package to it immediately. "More than 400 mandals (tehsils) in the state are reeling under drought but the Central government has turned a blind eye yet again towards Andhra Pradesh," TDP politburo member Yanamala Rama...

Concerned over poor monsoon in more than half of the country, the Centre today announced a slew of measures, including a relief package of about Rs 2,000 crore to states facing drought-like situation and 50 per cent diesel subsidy to farmers to save standing kharif crops.

In a major step to mitigate the sufferings of farmers reeling under worst drought in four decades in several parts of Karnataka, the state government on Tuesday announced a Rs 3,500-crore package waiving farms loan up to Rs 25,000.