Lucknow, Nov. 6 -- The Uttar Pradesh government under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has significantly increased disaster relief amounts, doubling compensation for deaths caused by natural disasters and raising crop-loss assistance by 25 to 30 per cent.

According to the CMO, more than 10 lakh farmers in the state are expected to benefit, and the enhanced amounts will cover losses incurred between April 1 and November 4.

Families of those who die in natural disasters will now receive Rs 8 lakh, up from Rs 4 lakh.

New standards for financial assistance under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) have been implemented.

For crop and land losses, compensation in irrigated areas has been raised f...