Chandigarh: Providing relief to farmers affected by recent heavy rains and flood situation, Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini on Wednesday announced the deferment of electricity bill payments for tubewell connections in the state until December 2025.

Briefing newspersons here, the chief minister also announced relief on crop loans stating that in villages where more than 50% of crops have been damaged, and where farmers who have taken loans and have suffered crop losses of 33% or more, the recovery of Kharif season crop loans taken from cooperative societies has been deferred. Such farmers will also be provided fresh crop loans for the upcoming Rabi season. This decision will benefit nearly 3 lakh farmers.

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