Currently, an honorarium ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 is provided as a pension benefit to people imprisoned during the Emergency. As per the cabinet, the honorarium amount will be twofold.
After his virtual meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he said that chilli farmers in Andhra Pradesh are suffering because of huge losses incurred and urged the government to intervene.
Karnataka Agriculture Minister N Chaluvaraya Swamy on Tuesday lashed out at the central government for the reduced fund allocation to the state and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of showing "step-motherly treatment" towards the Congress-ruled state.