Farmers Of Bundelkhand Get Govt Relief Cheques For 10 From State Govt
Banda: When Sushil Kumar heard that the government was about to offer drought-hit farmers compensation in the form of monetary relief, his hopes rose. Production may have been poor, but all was not lost. With the compensation amount he would get, Kumar thought he would buy better seeds to sow for the next cropping season.

BANDA: When Sushil Kumar heard that the government was about to offer drought-hit farmers compensation in the form of monetary relief, his hopes rose. The Economic Times may have been poor, but all was not lost. With the compensation amount he would get, Kumar thought he would buy better seeds to sow for the next cropping season.

JAMMU, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today distributed cheques among the drought hit families of Samba district which has received Rs. 4 crore as the first installment to provide relief to the affected families of 2009 drought under CRF.

So far Rs. 32 lakh have been distributed among various affected families of the border district, which forms the part of Rs.

FAIZABAD: Sheer callousness on part of local officials prevented the state government's drought relief cheques from reaching the beneficiaries in Faizabad district.

JAMMU, Mar 8 : Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today distributed relief worth Rs.

KOLKATA, 30 Jan: Although the Centre has allotted a handsome amount for providing relief to farmers of 11 drought-hit districts of Bengal, the state government may find it difficult to utilise the funds within the deadline.

Claiming that the farmers of the districts are in real distress, the cash-strapped state government had demanded funds from the National Calamity Contingency Funds.

Most of China's wheat-growing areas in the north are suffering from drought with some seeing no rain for more than three months while the second most important wheat province of Shandong is facing its worst drought in a century.

Experts say that if the drought goes on over coming weeks, with no effective measures to combat it, the winter wheat crop, which accounts for more than 90 percent of th

SRINAGAR, Oct 6 : Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla has said that Government has put up a relief demand of Rs.

Ranchi, Aug.

Ranchi, Aug. 30: Jharkhand intends to submit a Rs 7,500 crore proposal to the Centre for the smooth completion of different major and medium irrigation projects in different parts of the state.

The decision was taken today at a review meeting presided by chief secretary A.K. Singh.