As many as 64 people had died and over 1.4 lakh hectare crop area affected due to cyclone Fani in Odisha, the Home Ministry said on Tuesday.
The enhanced compensation will be big relief for the farmers, he said adding, that the order will come into effect from June 20, 2017.
More than a dozen farmers, who were reeling under heavy debt committed suicide in the recent weeks after the unseasonal rains damaged their crops , with rural population blaming Modi for not stepping in to
New Delhi: Widespread rains battered large swathes of north India on Sunday bringing mercury down by several notches, even as it claimed 14 lives and damaged crops in several regions.Twelve people were killed in Rajasthan
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