Lucknow, Nov 12 (UNI) The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated over Rs 384 crore in relief funds to farmers who have suffered crop loss owing to recent floods in the financial year 2021-22. This will benefit more than 11 lakh farmers across the state.
Additional Chief Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Manoj Kumar Singh on Friday here said: “Following an assessment of crop losses, the government has pegged the crop loss in the state at around Rs 384 crores. Working with full force for the interest of around 11.44 lakh farmers, the state government has released the compensation to the respective district collectors who will distribute it among farmers through DBT.”
On Thursday, the state government released an installment of Rs 102 crore (Rs1,02, 63,76,346) to be distributed as relief to over 2,98,496 farmers affected by the flood.