Overview

• Opposition leaders produced a 2020 letter in which Devendra Fadnavis, then Leader of Opposition, urged a ‘wet drought’ declaration after heavy rains.
• Uddhav Thackeray accused the government of being unresponsive and demanded Rs 50,000 per hectare plus a full farm loan waiver for affected farmers.
• Fadnavis said roughly 60 lakh hectares were impacted and confirmed Rs 2,215 crore has already been disbursed for July–August crop losses.
• The chief minister said a formal damage assessment is in progress and a final aid package will be taken up at the next cabinet meeting with payouts targeted before Diwali.
• While rejecting ‘wet drought’ as an official term, the state said assistance will follow ‘scarcity in natural calamity’ norms, as Deputy CM Eknath Shinde pledged substantial relief.