Lucknow, Feb. 12 -- In a move to help farmers the Uttar Pradesh government has directed to transfer approximately Rs 177 crore in the accounts of more than 3.5 lakh farmers of the state.
These farmers were previously excluded from receiving compensation for the financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23 due to technical glitches.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently chaired a review meeting on compensation and other relief measures for crops affected by various disasters. During this meeting, he expressed dissatisfaction with the negligence in re-verifying crop losses and the non-release of compensation to the affected farmers and sought answers from the ADM FR of 17 districts.
Clear directives were issued to officials to promptly verify ca...