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Rs 38 cr package for farmers affected by Manipur crisis

Imphal, Oct 1 (UNI ) Manipur Agriculture Department will provide a crop compensation package of Rs. 38.06 Crore to those affected by the Manipur crisis.
Loumee Shinmee Apunba Lup (LOUSAL), a farmers’ body, after a survey informed that 9,719 hectares (Ha) of paddy fields in the valley could be facing crop failure as farmers were afraid to go into the fields because of sporadic firing by the armed miscreants from the lower foothills.
It is estimated that the total income loss for the state in the agricultural sector this year could be around Rs. 226.50 crores. Of this, the highest loss will be in rice production to the extent of Rs 211.41 crores which accounts for 93.36% of total agriculture and allied activities followed by livestock farming.
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