Overview
- Cabinet approved an additional ₹11,000 crore for rain and flood-hit farmers to be credited to accounts within 15 days, adding to roughly ₹8,000 crore already paid to about 40 lakh beneficiaries.
- The allocation forms part of a ₹31,628–₹32,000 crore package covering crop losses, soil erosion support, livestock compensation, and damage to homes and shops across 29 districts.
- Fadnavis expressed displeasure over slow disbursal linked to administrative lapses, directing the Chief Secretary to hold officers accountable and to resolve technical issues in bank and KYC records.
- Farmer leader Bachchu Kadu led a tractor rally that blocked NH‑44 in Nagpur while demanding an unconditional loan waiver, and he warned of escalating to a rail blockade earlier in the day.
- The Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench ordered the highway cleared, citing 20 km traffic jams and impeded emergency vehicles; Kadu said protesters would comply and court arrest as the state invited talks and a committee examines waiver demands.