Uttar Pradesh Unseasonal Rain

Mango production in Uttar Pradesh may shrink to almost half at 43 lakh tonnes due to unseasonal rains, industry body Assocham has said.

First, Satish Chand, a farmer from Chhata village in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, lost his entire wheat crop worth Rs 80,000, because of the unseasonal March rains and hailstorms. Then, to add insult to injury, the meagre Rs. 18,000 compensation cheque he got from the state government, bounced, yesterday, because the revenue officer's bank acc...

With 55 districts in Uttar Pradesh hit by untimely rains and hailstorm, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has declared a calamity and has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking Rs 1,000 crores to immediately provide relief to farmers.

A 40-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by setting himself on fire after seeing his crops destroyed due to untimely rains in Tarauli village in Mathura district on Wednesday, police said.

Unseasonal rain and hailstorm in March have brought Uttar Pradesh to the brink of an agrarian crisis, affecting 25 of the state's 80 districts. Crop losses have dealt a particularly severe blow to landless farmers, who are emerging the invisible casualties of the agrarian crisis.

Unseasonal rains, twice in two weeks, have wreaked havoc in lives of farmers in many parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh where 25 out of 80 districts have been affected. To make matters worse the National Corp Insurance Programme or NCIP, which is meant to help the farmers, has been a non-starter.

From Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to parts of Maharashtra, the unseasonal showers over the weekend have dashed the hopes of thousands or farmers. The yield for crops like wheat, potato, mustard, onion is likely to be adversely impacted by the wet spell.

Mango production in Uttar Pradesh may shrink to almost half at 43 lakh tonnes due to unseasonal rains, industry body Assocham has said.

First, Satish Chand, a farmer from Chhata village in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, lost his entire wheat crop worth Rs 80,000, because of the unseasonal March rains and hailstorms. Then, to add insult to injury, the meagre Rs. 18,000 compensation cheque he got from the state government, bounced, yesterday, because the revenue officer's bank acc...

With 55 districts in Uttar Pradesh hit by untimely rains and hailstorm, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has declared a calamity and has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking Rs 1,000 crores to immediately provide relief to farmers.

A 40-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by setting himself on fire after seeing his crops destroyed due to untimely rains in Tarauli village in Mathura district on Wednesday, police said.

Unseasonal rain and hailstorm in March have brought Uttar Pradesh to the brink of an agrarian crisis, affecting 25 of the state's 80 districts. Crop losses have dealt a particularly severe blow to landless farmers, who are emerging the invisible casualties of the agrarian crisis.

Unseasonal rains, twice in two weeks, have wreaked havoc in lives of farmers in many parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh where 25 out of 80 districts have been affected. To make matters worse the National Corp Insurance Programme or NCIP, which is meant to help the farmers, has been a non-starter.

From Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to parts of Maharashtra, the unseasonal showers over the weekend have dashed the hopes of thousands or farmers. The yield for crops like wheat, potato, mustard, onion is likely to be adversely impacted by the wet spell.