The recent rain across various parts of the country has damaged crops in over 50 lakh hectares, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Wednesday.
He said the States were empowered to release funds to the affected farmers and the Centre would provide more funds wherever required.
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister said standing crops in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal were damaged by the unseasonal rain. He said several places that received rainfall between 8 cm and 10 cm were the worst affected.
The most-affected districts include Karnal in Haryana, Amritsar in Punjab, Bareli and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Chandrapur, Yavatmal and Pune in Maharashtra, and Jabalpur and Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh.
