Summary:
The revenue minister, Kaushik Patel, said, "We have to go by the rule book of disaster and relief manual. As the premium payment consumes a lot of time, the government is mulling expediting the process, said the revenue minister Kaushik Patel. On the other hand, the state government is under dilemma that how more regions could be declared scarcity-hit. The Centre will release grants only when the regions are declared as scarcity hit going by the rules. The farmers also sought that the government should give power during the day and drinking water and fodder for the cattle..