The Union Agriculture Ministry has worked out a package for revival of the farm sector in the drought-hit Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on the lines of the Rehabilitation Package for Vidarbha and other drought-prone districts where farmers' suicides were high. Among other measures for relief, the Bundelkhand package suggests a debt relief for farmers in the region. It calls for contingency cropping, diversification and cross-breeding for local cattle that had lost fertility due to lack of minerals and green fodder.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/bundelkhand-package-calls-debt-relief
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-prone-areas
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wells
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/watershed-development
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
