{
  "id": 384524,
  "title": "Rain havoc: Kerala seeks ₹110 crore as urgent Central assistance for farm sector",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/rain-havoc-kerala-seeks-110-crore-as-urgent-central-assistance-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T15:00:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/rain-havoc-kerala-seeks-110-crore-as-urgent-central-assistance-for-farm-sector/article71325271.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kerala's agriculture sector has suffered significant losses due to heavy rainfall and flooding events over the past weeks, prompting the State government to seek ₹110 crore in urgent assistance from the Central government. Agriculture Minister T. Siddique wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan requesting the aid, which includes ₹100 crore for immediate assistance and ₹10 crore to restore farmlands that have lost soil fertility. Assessments up to August 9 have indicated total losses to the farm sector of ₹127.61 crore, affecting 45,904 farmers across all 14 districts, with 9,332 hectares of farmland impacted. Siddique has requested Chouhan to dispatch a Central team to assess the losses and will seek further updates once the assessments are completed. A special meeting has been scheduled in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday (August 11) to discuss measures to aid the affected farmers, including schemes for replanting crops and interest waivers on farmer loans.",
  "summary": "Agriculture Minister T. Siddique says assessments up to August 9 have pegged the losses to the farm sector at ₹127.61 crore",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}