The Delhi government approved over Rs 33.31 crore in relief for farmers whose crops were completely destroyed due to exceptionally heavy rainfall and waterlogging last year between August and September .
The affected farmers will receive relief at the rate of Rs 75,000 per hectare. The financial assistance will directly benefit farmers across more than 4,442.41 hectares of affected agricultural land spread across different districts and sub-divisions of Delhi.
The amount will be transferred directly to the bank accounts of the eligible farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) from next month.
The Chief Minister directed the Revenue Department and the concerned District Magistrates to begin distribution immediately so that the relief amount reaches eligible farmers’ bank accounts at the earliest. She said the Delhi government stands firmly with its farmers in both good times and bad, and the assistance is an effort to help them recover from the heavy losses caused by nature’s fury.
She added that the affected areas have been assessed as having suffered 100 per cent crop loss, and the assistance will be transferred directly to eligible farmers with complete transparency.
The Chief Minister said that, as per the government’s decision, a total of 4,442.41 hectares of affected agricultural land across various districts and sub-divisions in Delhi has been brought under the relief scheme.
The approved assistance includes Rs 2.74 crore for 364.74 hectares in Alipur (Narela), Rs 13 lakh for 17.33 hectares in Burari, Rs 38.63 lakh for 51.50 hectares in Punjabi Bagh (Mundka), and Rs 19.92 lakh for 26.55 hectares in Vikaspuri.
Similarly, under the Kanjhawala area, relief of Rs 8.70 crore and Rs 4.49 crore has been approved for a total of 1,758.76 hectares of affected agricultural land in Mundka and Bawana, respectively. Assistance of Rd 1.03 crore has been sanctioned for 137.59 hectares in Rohini (Mundka), Rs 4.69 crore for 625.93 hectares in Kapashera (Matiala), while affected areas covering a total of 1,459.97 hectares under Najafgarh and Matiala have been sanctioned Rs 9.98 crore and Rs 96.74 lakh, respectively.
Chief Minister Gupta said her government established clear eligibility criteria to ensure that the assistance reaches only genuine and eligible farmers.
The benefit will be available only to farmers who are the registered or recorded owners of the land and whose crops were damaged due to the heavy rainfall and waterlogging during August and September 2025.
As per the rules, land owned by companies (of a corporate nature), cultivation on Gram Sabha land, and farmhouses developed as plots with permanent boundary walls have been kept outside the ambit of the scheme.