Lucknow, Mar 22 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today ordered for providing financial relief to farmers on a war-footing in view of losses caused to standing crop by hailstorm in various districts of the state recently.
Mr Yadav has asked Chief Secretary Shambhunath and principal secretary revenue V K Sharma and several other officials to put forward their proposal for financial relief within 24 hrs, after making district-wise assessment of losses caused to farmers by hailstorm and natural calamity.
This would facilitate the government to accord top priority to the interest of farmers and take a decision on making financial relief available to them, while apprising the Election Commission (EC) with the situation in this regard.
Financial relief would be distributed to affected farmers throughout UP soon after receiving the green signal in this regard from the EC.
UNI
Mr Yadav has asked Chief Secretary Shambhunath and principal secretary revenue V K Sharma and several other officials to put forward their proposal for financial relief within 24 hrs, after making district-wise assessment of losses caused to farmers by hailstorm and natural calamity.
This would facilitate the government to accord top priority to the interest of farmers and take a decision on making financial relief available to them, while apprising the Election Commission (EC) with the situation in this regard.
Financial relief would be distributed to affected farmers throughout UP soon after receiving the green signal in this regard from the EC.
UNI
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