Now dew to be included under natural disaster: Govt
Updated on May 16, 2012 06:50 pm IST
Minister for agriculture and food processing industry, Sharad Pawar today announced in the House that from now on 'dew' will be treated as a natural calamity, thereby ensuring that the farmers whose crops are destroyed by dew every winter will have the right to claim compensation from the government.
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