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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Announces Relief for Hailstorm-Affected Farmers
- •Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced financial assistance for farmers who suffered losses to agricultural, horticultural, and sugarcane crops due to hailstorms.
- •Electricity bill payments for the months of October, November, and December have been deferred to ease the immediate financial burden on affected farmers.
- •The state government will send a letter to the Union Ministry of Finance requesting a three-month deferral on Kisan Credit Card loan repayments.
- •The Chief Minister also granted financial approval of Rs 70 crore for various development schemes and construction works across multiple districts.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced financial assistance based on disaster relief norms for agricultural, horticultural, and sugarcane crop losses. Additionally, the state will defer electricity bill payments for October, November, and December, and request a three-month deferral on Kisan Credit Card loan repayments from the Union Ministry of Finance.
The state government is working to ease loan repayment burdens by sending a formal letter to the Union Ministry of Finance to request a three-month deferral on Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loan repayments for the affected farmers.
To provide immediate financial relief and reduce economic burdens, the Uttarakhand government decided to defer electricity bill payments for the months of October, November, and December for all affected farmers.
