Maharashtra Cabinet Approves ₹7,500 Crore For Drought-Hit Farmers, ₹5,000 Aid Restricted To Those With Over 33% Crop Loss
Mumbai: Retracting from its earlier statement that all the farmers of 304 drought affected talukas will get Rs 5000 as advance financial assistance before Diwali and will overlook NDRF norms for advance assistance, the state cabinet on tuesday has taken decision to provide advance financial assistance to farmers whose crops have suffered damage of more than 33% in the notified drought-affected…
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