<p>Congress MP Dhruvanarayana on Wednesday urged the Centre to sanction a special financial package to Karnataka to take steps towards providing a permanent solution in drought-hit areas in the state. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Participating in a debate on ‘Drought and Drinking Water Situation the Country’ in Lok Sabha, he urged the Centre to extend all assistance to tackle the drought in the state. <br /><br />“The state has highest number of drought-hit areas, next only to Rajasthan,” he added. <br />Dhruvanarayana, who represents Chamarajanagar constituency in Lok Sabha, demanded that the Centre to approve Rs 12,000 crore additional central financial assistance sought by the Karnataka government to take up drought-proof programmes in the state.<br /><br />While urging the the Union government to waive agriculture loan borrowed by farmers from nationalised banks, he said the government should announce minimum support price for all agriculture produce.<br /><br />He also suggested that the Government of India must sanction more funds to the state under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to provide jobs to agriculture labourers during drought.<br /></p>
<p>Congress MP Dhruvanarayana on Wednesday urged the Centre to sanction a special financial package to Karnataka to take steps towards providing a permanent solution in drought-hit areas in the state. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Participating in a debate on ‘Drought and Drinking Water Situation the Country’ in Lok Sabha, he urged the Centre to extend all assistance to tackle the drought in the state. <br /><br />“The state has highest number of drought-hit areas, next only to Rajasthan,” he added. <br />Dhruvanarayana, who represents Chamarajanagar constituency in Lok Sabha, demanded that the Centre to approve Rs 12,000 crore additional central financial assistance sought by the Karnataka government to take up drought-proof programmes in the state.<br /><br />While urging the the Union government to waive agriculture loan borrowed by farmers from nationalised banks, he said the government should announce minimum support price for all agriculture produce.<br /><br />He also suggested that the Government of India must sanction more funds to the state under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to provide jobs to agriculture labourers during drought.<br /></p>
