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Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary connected Monday (June 22, 2026) transferred implicit ₹200 crore to the slope accounts of much than 3.96 lakh farmers nether a subsidy scheme, providing alleviation to cultivators whose crops were damaged by lightning, hailstorms, and unseasonal rainfall crossed the authorities successful March, officials said.
The amount, nether the Agriculture Input Subsidy Scheme, was disbursed done nonstop payment transportation to beneficiaries of 13 affected districts, including Saharsa, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Madhepura, Araria, Begusarai, Purnia, Darbhanga, Kishanganj, Khagaria and Madhubani, astatine a relation held successful the State capital.
According to a connection issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), the magnitude was transferred to the slope accounts of farmers affected by storms, unseasonal rainfall, and hailstorms that occurred during the 3rd and 4th weeks of March successful the 2025-26 rabi season.
Mr. Chaudhary said that owed to clime change, farmers were progressively facing earthy calamities, resulting successful important losses. He stated that the authorities authorities was extending each imaginable assistance to disaster-affected radical from its ain resources.
The Agricultural Input Subsidy Scheme is not simply a fiscal assistance programme, but besides a means of instilling assurance and stableness among farmers, the CM said. He added that reports of harvest losses exceeding 33% were received from the 13 districts.
