MaharashtraRevenue Minister Chandrakant Patil today saidthe state government was going to demand a Rs 3,373 crore package from the Centre to provide relief to farmers whose crops were destroyed by the pink bollworm and jumping bug (called 'tudtudya' in Maharashtra).
Speaking in the Assembly, Patil said the farmers who havesuffered more than 33 per cent croploss due to these pests would get relief under the package.
The proposal will be sent to the Centre soon, he said, adding that an earlier proposal of a Rs 2,200 crore relief package was scrapped.
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