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As galore arsenic 2,961 villages successful six districts of Rajasthan were declared scarcity-hit connected Friday pursuing extended kharif harvest nonaccomplishment caused by excessive rainfall this year. Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma approved the disbursement of subsidy to farmers successful the affected districts.
Mr. Sharma said present that the cultivation subsidy would beryllium paid to implicit 8 lakh farmers from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). The scarcity-hit villages autumn successful 40 tehsils situated successful Ajmer, Jhunjhunu, Alwar, Pali, Kota and Banswara districts.
Farmers who person suffered much than 30% harvest nonaccomplishment volition person the subsidy nether the rules. Mr. Sharma said the compensation would beryllium calculated based connected the grade of the kharif harvest loss.
As dense rains successful respective districts caused important harvest damage, farmers had demanded cultivation subsidy to compensate for the loss. The State authorities subsequently directed section gross officials to behaviour a survey of the damage. The subsidy support follows the submission of these survey reports.
