The Delhi Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, approved relief for farmers affected by crop damage due to rain during August-September last year.
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The Delhi Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, approved relief for farmers affected by crop damage due to rain during August-September last year.
In a much-needed relief to the farmers of the national capital, the Delhi government decided to provide those who had suffered crop damage because of the excessive rain during the aforementioned period a compensation of Rs 75,000 per hectare. According to officials, around 10000 farmer families will benefit from the decision.
Earlier, the compensation for crop damage, implemented in 2015, was at Rs 20,000 per hectare.
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The decision of the Delhi Cabinet followed by a discussion on the issue during the meeting. According to the Chief Minister, the assistance is menat for recorded landowners. However, land owned by companies, land vested in Gram Sabhas and farmhouse plots enclosed by permanent boundary walls will not be covered under this assistance.
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Gupta said a detailed assessment conducted by the Revenue Department found that crops suffered extensive damage in areas affected by heavy rainfall and water logging during August-September 2025, and crop loss was assessed at 100 per cent. In view of this, the Cabinet has decided to provide ex gratia assistance to the affected farmers at the full rate of Rs 75,000 per hectare to affected farmers.
Under the earlier arrangement, assistance was provided in proportion to crop loss up to 70 per cent, while full assistance was payable when crop loss exceeded 70 per cent.
The total assistance amount is going to be around Rs 33.32 crore, and with this step the government has given a clear signal that it stands with the food providers.
Notably, the Centre had earlier given its go-ahead to the Delhi Chief Minister for starting government wheat procurement in the national capital once again through the Food Corporation of India, marking resumption after a gap since 2021-22. Thanked the Centre for the move, she said it reflects its firm commitment to farmer’s welfare and income security which, she said, was an significant step in prioritizing farmers’ interests.
Meanwhile, work is also being done in Delhi to improve the basic infrastructure and amenities across the rural belt, and the government has also allocated significant amount of funds to be spent on improving the national capital’s villages that had been neglected since long. The Delhi Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, approved relief for farmers affected by crop damage due to rain during August-September last year.
In a much-needed relief to the farmers of the national capital, the Delhi government decided to provide those who had suffered crop damage because of the excessive rain during the aforementioned period a compensation of Rs 75,000 per hectare. According to officials, around 10000 farmer families will benefit from the decision.
Earlier, the compensation for crop damage, implemented in 2015, was at Rs 20,000 per hectare.
The decision of the Delhi Cabinet followed by a discussion on the issue during the meeting. According to the Chief Minister, the assistance is menat for recorded landowners. However, land owned by companies, land vested in Gram Sabhas and farmhouse plots enclosed by permanent boundary walls will not be covered under this assistance.
Gupta said a detailed assessment conducted by the Revenue Department found that crops suffered extensive damage in areas affected by heavy rainfall and water logging during August-September 2025, and crop loss was assessed at 100 per cent. In view of this, the Cabinet has decided to provide ex gratia assistance to the affected farmers at the full rate of Rs 75,000 per hectare to affected farmers.
Under the earlier arrangement, assistance was provided in proportion to crop loss up to 70 per cent, while full assistance was payable when crop loss exceeded 70 per cent.
The total assistance amount is going to be around Rs 33.32 crore, and with this step the government has given a clear signal that it stands with the food providers.
Notably, the Centre had earlier given its go-ahead to the Delhi Chief Minister for starting government wheat procurement in the national capital once again through the Food Corporation of India, marking resumption after a gap since 2021-22. Thanked the Centre for the move, she said it reflects its firm commitment to farmer’s welfare and income security which, she said, was an significant step in prioritizing farmers’ interests.
Meanwhile, work is also being done in Delhi to improve the basic infrastructure and amenities across the rural belt, and the government has also allocated significant amount of funds to be spent on improving the national capital’s villages that had been neglected since long.
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