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Central Team Assesses Damage Caused To Rabi Crop Due To Drought In Karnataka
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.
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Tamil Nadu Farmers Beat Themselves To Protest MLAs' Salary Hike
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.
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Tamil Nadu Farmers Suspend Delhi Strike After Chief Minister's Promise
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.
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In The Heart of Delhi, A Protest With 12 Skulls
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...
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Ease Burden Of Loan Repayment On Drought-Hit Farmers: Assocham
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.
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Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Get Rs 5,083 Crore As Drought Relief Fund
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.
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Central Team Visits Drought-Hit Regions, Maharashtra Seeks Rs 4,000 Crore Aid
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.
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Government Announces Rs 300 Crore Relief Package to Farmers
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.
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Centre allocates Rs 107 crore drought relief package to Kerala
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.
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Yeddyurappa seeks Rs 5,000 crore central help to tackle drought
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.
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DMK wants Tamil Nadu government to announce relief package for farmers
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.
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'Include Andhra Pradesh in list of drought-hit states'
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...
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Ministers' group meet on drought, approves Rs 1,900cr package to states
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.
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Karnataka government announces Rs 3,500 crore package for drought-hit farmers
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.
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Central Team Assesses Damage Caused To Rabi Crop Due To Drought In Karnataka
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.
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Tamil Nadu Farmers Beat Themselves To Protest MLAs' Salary Hike
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.
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Tamil Nadu Farmers Suspend Delhi Strike After Chief Minister's Promise
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.
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In The Heart of Delhi, A Protest With 12 Skulls
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...
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Ease Burden Of Loan Repayment On Drought-Hit Farmers: Assocham
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.
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Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Get Rs 5,083 Crore As Drought Relief Fund
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.
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Central Team Visits Drought-Hit Regions, Maharashtra Seeks Rs 4,000 Crore Aid
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.
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Government Announces Rs 300 Crore Relief Package to Farmers
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.
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Centre allocates Rs 107 crore drought relief package to Kerala
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.
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Yeddyurappa seeks Rs 5,000 crore central help to tackle drought
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.
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DMK wants Tamil Nadu government to announce relief package for farmers
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.
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'Include Andhra Pradesh in list of drought-hit states'
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...
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Ministers' group meet on drought, approves Rs 1,900cr package to states
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.
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Karnataka government announces Rs 3,500 crore package for drought-hit farmers
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.
