Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that compensation for crops in rainfed area has been increased from ₹6,800 to ₹13,600 per hectare, and from ₹13,500 to ₹25,000 per hectare for irrigated area.
Mr. Bommai said that for horticultural crops, the compensation has been hiked to ₹28,000 per hectare.
Revenue Minister R. Ashok said compensation of ₹116.38 crore to 1.04 lakh farmers would be released in two days. Survey of crop damage had not been completed following rains across the State, he said.