With the release of ₹1,712.10 crore for drought-hit Karnataka from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) by the Centre, about 10 lakh farmers will receive compensation for crop loss during monsoon and rabi crops season in 2016-17.
So far, ₹ 671 crore compensation had been released to 1.21 lakh farmers by the State government.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra told presspersons that compensation would be paid through Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) for crop loss to about 10 lakh farmers in the next 10 days. Deputy commissioners and Agriculture Department officials have been instructed to verify Aadhar numbers and bank accounts of the farmers, he said.
Compensation of ₹18,000 would be paid per hectares of crop loss on irrigated lands, ₹ 13,500 per hectare on rain-fed areas and ₹ 6,800 per hectare on drought-prone area.
Though the State government had sought ₹ 4702 crore for crop loss during monsoon and rabi seasons. But the Centre had released ₹ 1712.10 crore, he said. The centre had not released funds for drinking water and purchase of fodder for domestic animals, he said.
Mr. Jayachandra said ₹200 crore would be released for tackling drinking water in drought-hit taluks of the State with severity of summer was more in Hassan, Tumakuru and Chitradurga districts. More than 600 private borwells have been hired on rent ranging from ₹ 15,000 to ₹ 20,000 per month by the Deputy Commissioners.
