November 09, 2019
The proposed relief package for Bundelkhand
The region, which comes into focus every year during the onset of monsoon season
as it has received inadequate rainfall and faced successive droughts over the
past decade, is under focus of the Centre. The formulation of the relief package
appears to be a step in that direction. New Delhi: The parched Bundelkhand
region which encompasses the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh and
also covers many districts of Madhya Pradesh — is likely to receive a relief
package from the Centre.
That committee had suggested a sum of Rs 304 crore to
be given for drought relief to Uttar Pradesh under National Disaster Relief Fund
(NDRF). Government think tank Niti Aayog has been asked to work out the
parameters of the package, which is likely to be announced soon, highly placed
sources said.According to highly-laced sources, a meeting of top Niti Aayog
officials is scheduled for April 12 to discuss the contours of the relief
package.In 2016 also when the region had faced drought, the Prime Minister had
formed a high level committee under chairmanship of home minister Rajnath Singh
to look into the relief China jumbo
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The proposed relief package
for Bundelkhand is likely to focus on providing monetary relief to farmers in
the region owing to crop losses which they have suffered over the years.How much
significance the Narendra Modi-led NDA regime attaches to the region could be
gauged from the fact that in February this year he had announced a defence
industrial corridor for Bundelkhand which would link Agra, Aligarh, Jhansi and
Chitrakoot belts and bring in investments worth `20,000 crore there as well as
employment opportunities.
This time though the Centre seems to have begun its
preparations well in advance to mitigate the losses of farmers of the region.
According to highly-laced sources, a meeting of top Niti Aayog officials is
scheduled for April 12 to discuss the contours of the relief package.This time
though the Centre seems to have begun its preparations well in advance to
mitigate the losses of farmers of the region. While the relief package is
expected in one way bring succour to the region, at the same time it could serve
as a potent political move what with Lok Sabha polls less than a year away
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