CM conducts high level review meet on El Nino

Metro India News | AMARAVATI : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held a high-level review meeting on the impact of El Nino in the state, the measures to be taken and the implementation of the action plan. He interacted with senior officials of various departments, District Collectors and RSK staff through tele-conferencing. The CM made it clear that the main objective of the government is to help the farmers in the El Nino situation and instructed the officials to ensure that the prices of essential commodities do not increase.

The CM instructed the officials to pay special attention to the prices of commodities like rice, onion, palm oil and tur dal. He said that the rice stocks in the godowns should be released in the market as per the requirement and the price rise should be controlled. He said that onion cultivation should be encouraged to meet the future requirement along with procuring onions from other regions so that there is no shortage of onion.

The Chief Minister instructed the officials to ensure that the farmers do not suffer losses and get the crop insurance money. He suggested that demand driven crop cultivation, rain-fed crops and natural farming should be promoted. He said Rs 190 crore has been allocated for the protection of horticulture crops in high-risk zones and Rs 60 crore has been prepared for the Kharif Contingency Plan. He said 1.31 lakh quintals of seeds were given to farmers with 80 per cent subsidy.