Admitting that the farmers in the State were reeling under a severe financial crisis owing mainly to the drought that had hit most of the State, Agriculture Minister N. Chaluvaraya Swamy said that the decision on the disbursement of drought relief would be taken by the Cabinet in its meeting scheduled for Thursday.
“A Task Force Committee is constituted to look into the matters related to drought and the relief. We will take its report and recommendations and take a final call on disbursement of drought relief at the Cabinet Meeting scheduled to be held on November 9,” Mr. Chaluvaraya Swamy said at a media conference at Raichur Zilla Panchayat on Monday.
Condemning the BJP-led Union government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not releasing the drought relief to Karnataka, Mr. Chaluvaraya Swamy said State government would felicitate the BJP Lok Sabha members at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of Karnataka Legislature, if they could get the funds due to the State released by the Union government led by their own party.
