Union Minister of State BL Verma giving information on the relief package after interacting with the media.
Union Minister of State B.L. Verma has said on Saturday (September 27) that a relief package of Rs 1600 crore declared for farmers in Punjab will be sent directly to the accounts of farmers, not to the state government. He told that as soon as Girdawari (survey of crop loss)
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This relief package was declared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after visiting flood affected areas. But the Punjab government has said that this amount is very low and this will not help the farmers.
BJP bid- decided on demand of people BJP says that this decision has been taken on the demand of the people so that they can get help quickly. At the same time, AAP leader Neil Garg called it a “jhansa” and said that Punjab has suffered a loss of about Rs 20,000 crore due to floods, but the central government wants to end the matter by giving only 1600 crores.
He also alleged that the Center has also stopped the outstanding money of the Disaster Relief Fund (RDF), Municipal Development Fund (MDF) and GST, which is against the federal structure of the Constitution.