The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated approximately Rs 535 crore under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to farmers who have suffered crop loss owing to recent floods in the financial year 2021-22. This will benefit more than 15 lakh farmers across the state.
According to Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and Panchayati Raj) Manoj Kumar Singh, “Following an assessment of crop losses, the government pegged the crop loss in the state at around Rs 5,34,94,38,981. Working with full force for the interest of around 15,26,351 farmers, the state government has released the compensation to the respective district collectors who will distribute it among farmers through DBT.”
On Saturday, the state government released an instalment of Rs 63.16 crore (63,16,82,771) to be distributed as relief to over 1, 82,731 farmers affected by the flood. Earlier, the government had released Rs 471.77 crores in instalments to farmers benefitting more than 13.45 lakh farmers across the state, Singh said.
The farmers' crops have been badly damaged due to torrential rains and heavy floods in September and early October. The compensation amount will be directly transferred to the bank accounts (DBT) of farmers from the district treasury. In wake of the natural calamities, the government is providing financial assistance from the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF).
Standing firmly with the farmers suffering due crop loss due to floods, the chief minister has also instructed the officials to give appropriate and immediate compensation to the farmers.