Question

What should be the next steps of any government for their farmers after huge affects the crops by hailstones?

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Heavy rains and hailstorms that lashed north-western India on Thursday have caused damage to oilseeds and other easily perishable crops, mainly peas, potato and cauliflower, in the region. But the main rabi crop of wheat may have scraped through the inclement weather.

While the rains will help cut the cost of irrigation for the wheat crop, these are set to affect the output of oilseeds. “Mustard is affected by heavy rains as well as strong gust in several districts,” a senior official at the Haryana agriculture department said. Growers of peas, potato and cauliflower have suffered heavy losses as their crops are affected by the hailstorm.