Monsoon rains have been uneven this year, due to which farmers in many areas are facing water shortages for irrigation, while there are reports of damage to crops sown due to excessive rainfall in many areas. Due to scanty rains in many places, farmers could not sow Kharif crops. In view of these problems, the government has also taken several steps to help the farmers.
To help the farmers of Uttar Pradesh, the Agriculture Minister of the state extended the date of the Prime Minister’s Agriculture Insurance for the Kharif season. Along with this, the Agriculture Minister told that “Mini kits of seeds of Arhar, Urad and Moong etc. will be distributed to the farmers in 14 districts of the state which are affected by less rainfall. So that farmers can sow crops in their fields on time.” For this, about 1.5 lakh seed mini kits are being made available. Through this, about 5800 quintal seeds will be distributed free of cost to the farmers. In these 14 districts with low rainfall, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Banda, Chitrakoot, Mau, Deoria, Kushinagar, Chandauli, Mirzapur, Kaushambi and Pilibhit are included.
Source: Kisan Samadhan
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