Extending the benefit under the flagship Kamdhenu Livestock Insurance Scheme, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday transferred ₹40,000 each to the bank accounts of over 41,000 cattle rearers who lost their milch animals to the lumpy skin disease.
Rajasthan has become the first State in the country to give compensation for the death of cows because of the viral disease.
Rajasthan was worst hit by the disease last year, as over 15.50 lakh bovine animals were affected and over 75,800 of them died. Mr. Gehlot released the direct benefit transfer (DBT) payment amounting to ₹175 crore at a function here, in which he also inaugurated a three-day Rajasthan Kisan Mahotsava.
