Under fire from the opposition and the farmers’ organisations, the state government disclose the package of ₹10,000 crore for the compensation to the farmers for the destruction to the crops on 55 lakh hectares of land this monsoon since June. The package, although it includes the amount already announced for the agricultural losses due to the downpour in Konkan, western Maharashtra and other parts of the state in July. Eight districts of central Maharashtra, many districts in Vidarbha and north Maharashtra experienced heavy losses of lives, livestock and the crops in last week of September. More than 1.2 million (mn) hectares under cultivation were harmed, more than 20 people had died in eight districts of central Maharashtra in September while the total damage suffered since June 1 was more than 2.5mn hectares.
