A central government team led by road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari visited Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday to assess crop damage from the unseasonal rain and hail. The team visited three western UP districts of Agra, Aligarh and Meerut. The state government says about 40 of the 75 districts are affected. The team also discussed the land acquisition issue with farmers, in the backdrop of the opposition parties’ front against the central government plan to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 2013.
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The Uttarakhand government has put a six-month moratorium on recovery of loans taken by farmers from cooperative banks in view of the damage caused to their crops by intermittent showers and inclement weather.
Chief Secretary N Ravishankar said the interest amount on such loans for the period will be paid by the state government to cooperative banks.