A demand was made in the Rajya Sabha today to direct the state governments to pay compensation to the farmers hit by deficit rains.
Raising the issue through a special mention, Vishambhar Prasad Nishad (SP) demanded that the state governments be directed "to pay compensation to farmers where deficit of rains have hit sowing of Kharif crops, especially in Bundelkhand (region of Uttar Pradesh)."
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