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226 Blocks In Jharkhand's 22 Districts Drought-Hit, Seeks Help From Centre
The Jharkhand government on Saturday declared 226 out of the total 260 blocks of the state as drought-affected and decided to provide a cash relief of Rs 3,500 to each affected farmer family, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said.
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Maharashtra To Reimburse Fees Of Students From Drought-Hit Areas
Maharashtra School Education Minister Ashish Shelar on Monday said the state government will prepare a robust system to reimburse fees directly into the bank accounts of students hailing from drought-hit areas.
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Drought-Hit Maharashtra Farmers Given Rs 4,461 Crore: Government
The Maharashtra government today expressed solidarity with farmers reeling under the impact of severe drought in large parts of the state and said a sum of Rs 4,461 crore has been credited in bank accounts of more than 66 lakh cultivators as part of relief measures.
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Jharkhand To Seek More Than 800 Crore From Centre For Drought-Hit Areas
The Jharkhand government will seek a Rs 816 crore financial package from the centre for the state's drought-affected districts, an official said on Tuesday.
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"No Water To Drink": Nearly Half Of Maharashtra Declared Drought-Hit
Almost half of Maharashtra has been declared drought with farmers from across the state seeking emergency help. Distressed farmers came to Mumbai demanding drought declaration and seeking relief from the state. The state reportedly received only 77 per cent of its average rainfall this year.
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Villages In Maharashtra Compete To Save Water. And Everyone Wins
Over four thousand villages across drought-hit Maharashtra will participate in a game that will not only help them combat the severe water crisis facing the state but win one the villages a cash prize: Water Cup 2018.
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Shiv Sena Lawmaker Outsources Visit To Drought-Hit Region In Maharashtra, Proxy Refutes Claim
Days after Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray directed his legislators to visit drought-hit areas in Maharashtra and listen to farmers' woes, one of them decided to send his proxy instead. Gautam Chabukswar, the enterprising legislator, sent Yashodhar Fanse, a former corporator, as his substitute to visit a village in Osmanabad district. Mr Fanse all...
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Tamil Nadu Bandh Today, Government Says Normalcy Will Not Be Affected
Tamil Nadu is bracing for a bandh called by DMK-led opposition parties today in support of drought-hit farmers even as the state government asserted that normalcy will not be affected.
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Devendra Fadnavis, Again. Latur, Congress Turf, Picks BJP
The BJP has won civic elections in Latur, the district in Maharashtra that has been wrecked by five years of consecutive drought. The state's ruling party beat the Congress by a whisker, winning 36 seats to the rival party's 33, but it counts as huge win. The Congress had never lost the 70-member corporation since Independence.
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Designer Tent, 30,000 Guests: BJP Lawmaker's Lavish Wedding In Drought-Hit Maharashtra
Even as calls for austerity during weddings grow stronger, a Maharashtra legislator and son of state BJP chief is being criticised for his opulent wedding
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Release Drought Relief Funds: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami To PM Modi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release relief funds for the drought-hit state and for the damage caused by Cyclone Vardah.
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Tamil Nadu To Be Declared Drought-Hit, Says Chief Minister O Panneerselvam
Tamil Nadu would be declared a drought-hit state in view of deficient Northeast Monsoon and central funds will be sought to meet the situation, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said today.
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Drought-Hit Kerala To Approach Centre For Aid
Kerala Government today declared the state as drought-hit in view of the sharp decrease in rainfall during the South West Monsoon and said that Centre would be approached for necessary assistance tomeet the emergency situation.
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Monsoon Arrives In North India, MeT Predicts Rain In Delhi By June 30
Monsoon arrived drought-hit Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra, and the Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh as well as the northern states of the country, India Meteorological Department said today.
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Centre Disobeying Supreme Court Order On Drought-Hit States: Yogendra Yadav
Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav today accused the Centre of "wilfully disobeying" a Supreme Court order on the 13 drought-hit states in the country.
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226 Blocks In Jharkhand's 22 Districts Drought-Hit, Seeks Help From Centre
The Jharkhand government on Saturday declared 226 out of the total 260 blocks of the state as drought-affected and decided to provide a cash relief of Rs 3,500 to each affected farmer family, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said.
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Maharashtra To Reimburse Fees Of Students From Drought-Hit Areas
Maharashtra School Education Minister Ashish Shelar on Monday said the state government will prepare a robust system to reimburse fees directly into the bank accounts of students hailing from drought-hit areas.
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Drought-Hit Maharashtra Farmers Given Rs 4,461 Crore: Government
The Maharashtra government today expressed solidarity with farmers reeling under the impact of severe drought in large parts of the state and said a sum of Rs 4,461 crore has been credited in bank accounts of more than 66 lakh cultivators as part of relief measures.
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Jharkhand To Seek More Than 800 Crore From Centre For Drought-Hit Areas
The Jharkhand government will seek a Rs 816 crore financial package from the centre for the state's drought-affected districts, an official said on Tuesday.
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"No Water To Drink": Nearly Half Of Maharashtra Declared Drought-Hit
Almost half of Maharashtra has been declared drought with farmers from across the state seeking emergency help. Distressed farmers came to Mumbai demanding drought declaration and seeking relief from the state. The state reportedly received only 77 per cent of its average rainfall this year.
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Villages In Maharashtra Compete To Save Water. And Everyone Wins
Over four thousand villages across drought-hit Maharashtra will participate in a game that will not only help them combat the severe water crisis facing the state but win one the villages a cash prize: Water Cup 2018.
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Shiv Sena Lawmaker Outsources Visit To Drought-Hit Region In Maharashtra, Proxy Refutes Claim
Days after Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray directed his legislators to visit drought-hit areas in Maharashtra and listen to farmers' woes, one of them decided to send his proxy instead. Gautam Chabukswar, the enterprising legislator, sent Yashodhar Fanse, a former corporator, as his substitute to visit a village in Osmanabad district. Mr Fanse all...
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Tamil Nadu Bandh Today, Government Says Normalcy Will Not Be Affected
Tamil Nadu is bracing for a bandh called by DMK-led opposition parties today in support of drought-hit farmers even as the state government asserted that normalcy will not be affected.
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Devendra Fadnavis, Again. Latur, Congress Turf, Picks BJP
The BJP has won civic elections in Latur, the district in Maharashtra that has been wrecked by five years of consecutive drought. The state's ruling party beat the Congress by a whisker, winning 36 seats to the rival party's 33, but it counts as huge win. The Congress had never lost the 70-member corporation since Independence.
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Designer Tent, 30,000 Guests: BJP Lawmaker's Lavish Wedding In Drought-Hit Maharashtra
Even as calls for austerity during weddings grow stronger, a Maharashtra legislator and son of state BJP chief is being criticised for his opulent wedding
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Release Drought Relief Funds: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami To PM Modi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release relief funds for the drought-hit state and for the damage caused by Cyclone Vardah.
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Tamil Nadu To Be Declared Drought-Hit, Says Chief Minister O Panneerselvam
Tamil Nadu would be declared a drought-hit state in view of deficient Northeast Monsoon and central funds will be sought to meet the situation, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said today.
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Drought-Hit Kerala To Approach Centre For Aid
Kerala Government today declared the state as drought-hit in view of the sharp decrease in rainfall during the South West Monsoon and said that Centre would be approached for necessary assistance tomeet the emergency situation.
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Monsoon Arrives In North India, MeT Predicts Rain In Delhi By June 30
Monsoon arrived drought-hit Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra, and the Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh as well as the northern states of the country, India Meteorological Department said today.
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Centre Disobeying Supreme Court Order On Drought-Hit States: Yogendra Yadav
Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav today accused the Centre of "wilfully disobeying" a Supreme Court order on the 13 drought-hit states in the country.
