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The government, the minister said, had placed Aadhaar-lined alternate data sets to substantiate that 70% of farmers in Karnataka were small and marginal in nature.
CM Siddaramaiah said he appealed for a compensation of ₹4,860 crore from the centre, but that the actual loss incurred by the drought is over ₹30,000 crore. | Bengaluru News
Siddaramaiah said that the crop damage due to drought in the state is to the tune of Rs 30,000 cr and as per the NDRF guidelines.