COM gives nod to Himachal Special rain relief package
Council of Ministers of Himachal Pradesh today gave nods to a Rs 4500 crore relief special package to help the families affected in the recent monsoon season.
According to a State government spokesperson the council of ministers met here today under the leadership of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and gave the nod for a Special Relief Package for the disaster-affected families in the State as announced on 30th September 2023 by the Chief Minister.
The cabinet decided to provide two Biswas of land in urban areas and three Biswas of land in rural areas who have been rendered homeless and those who are not left with land suitable for construction of new houses.
Under the Special Package, the compensation of Rs. 1.30 lakh for a completely damaged house would be increased five and a half times to Rs. 7 lakh.
Apart from this, the compensation of Rs. 4,000 for partial damage to a ‘kutcha’ house would be increased by 25 times to Rs. 1 lakh, while the compensation for partial damage to a ‘pucca’ house to be increased by 15 and a half times, from Rs 6500 to Rs. 1 lakh.
Further, compensation of Rs. 25,000 given in case of damage to a shop or dhaba would also be enhanced four times to rupees one lakh. The state government will also provide increased financial assistance of Rs. 50 thousand instead of Rs. 3000 for damage to the cowshed.
The state government will provide assistance of Rs. 50 thousand for damage or loss to the belongings of the tenants thereby marking a 20 times increase, from the existing Rs. 2500.
For the loss of large milch and draught animals compensation of Rs. 55000 and for goat, pig, sheep, and lamb Rs. 6000 per animal compensation would be provided.
The compensation of Rs. 3615 per bigha for damage to agricultural and horticultural land would be increased to Rs. 10 thousand. The compensation on crop loss of Rs. 500 per bigha is to be increased eight times to Rs.4000.
The financial assistance for removing silt from agricultural and horticultural land is to be enhanced from Rs. 1384.61 per bigha to Rs. 5000. This special package would be granted from 24th June 2023 to 30th September 2023.
