The untimely rains and hails in February and March affected the majority of crops in the UP and Bihar. This rain dashed the hopes of many farmers by damaging their crops on a large scale. But there is news of relief for the farmers of Bihar, as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had announced subsidy for the farmers whose crops were severely affected by the rain and hails.

CM Nitish Kumar has recently declared that the government will provide a compensation of Rs 13,500 per hectare for affected crops. A fund of Rs 60 crore has already been sanctioned for this purpose. This amount will be used to provide agriculture inputs subsidy to those farmers, whose crops were damaged by the unseasonal rainfall of 24 to 26th February. According to a media report, this unseasonal rain has damaged more than 31,000 hectares of crops.

According to the state’s agriculture minister Prem Kumar, once the verification of the claims will finish, the subsidy will be provided within 25 days. This subsidy will be paid at the rate of Rs 13,500 per hectare for irrigated farm and Rs 6,500 per hectare for an unirrigated farm. However, this subsidy will be provided for a maximum of two hectares of land only.

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