Overview
- Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held an emergency review and directed district collectors to submit crop damage reports on a compressed three-day timeline.
- The state cancelled Minimum Support Price procurement for groundnut, moong, soybean and urad that was slated to begin as harvest damage became evident.
- Officials estimate at least 10 lakh hectares of farmland have been affected across Saurashtra, North Gujarat and Central Gujarat.
- Farmers in Trapaj and Amreli mounted protests demanding direct financial assistance and debt waivers while resisting survey-heavy procedures.
- The administration reviewed crop insurance mechanisms and pledged transparent assessments and prompt aid once ground reports are received, noting such harvest-time rains are uncommon in two decades.