India, Sept. 20 -- Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday promised to soon approve a package, including the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, for over 5,000 houses damaged in recent floods, landslides and rains in rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir. Chouhan also assured the farming community that 7,000 farmers will get their insurance amount after completion of the survey, as his central team will sit with insurance companies for its full implementation.
"Houses too have suffered damage. Several houses which are in rural areas and have broken down. There is a provision of '1,30,000 for that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana."Each rural house will get '1.30 lakh under the scheme, plus a toilet and MNREGA wages of '40,000, whi...