Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Announces Rs 600 Crore Relief To Five Lakh Farmers Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Announces Rs 600 Crore Relief To Five Lakh Farmers The assistance would be directly credited to the bank accounts of farmers from January 7, K Palaniswami said in an official release.
Chief Minister hiked assistance under the perennial crops category to Rs 25,000 (File)
Chennai:
Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday announced Rs 600 crore relief assistance to about five lakh farmers, whose crops on 3.10 lakh plus hectares were hit due to the recent back to back cyclones in Tamil Nadu.
A norm that permitted relief only upto a maximum of two hectares has been relaxed in view of the losses suffered by ryots and the assistance shall cover loss in its entirety without any upper limit, Mr Palaniswami said.