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Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister and Bidar District in-charge Eshwar B. Khandre connected Sunday (December 22, 2025) said that ₹261.43 crore has been credited to farmers affected by floods during the monsoon play successful Bidar district.
Addressing a property league here, Mr. Khandre said that compensation was released arsenic per NDRF/SDRF norms: ₹8,500 per hectare for rainfed crops, ₹17,000 for irrigated crops and ₹22,500 for perennial crops. Accordingly, ₹127.16 crore was credited to 1,76,382 farmers.
In summation to this, the State authorities besides announced further alleviation of ₹8,500 per hectare, constricted to 2 hectares. This amounted to ₹134.27 crore and was credited to 1,86,426 farmers. In total, a sum of ₹261.43 crore compensation was released to 1,86,426 farmers. Meanwhile compensation to 8,615 farmers is pending owed to method reasons, helium said.
Major kharif crops, including soybean, reddish gram, achromatic gram, greenish gram and cotton, were sown implicit 4,32,825 hectares successful the district. Excess rainfall and the merchandise of h2o from the Manjra stream successful Maharashtra caused flooding, damaging crops implicit 1,67,202.78 hectares, with an estimated nonaccomplishment of ₹143.60 crore. Joint surveys by the Revenue, Agriculture and Horticulture departments were conducted and details uploaded connected the compensation software.
During the 2025-26 kharif season, 2,04,235 harvest security proposals were registered nether the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Of these, 30,712 reddish gram farmers insured crops covering 41,648 hectares. Under the Mid-Season Adversity provision, compensation amounting to ₹36.74 crore was transferred against 78,274 proposals.
In addition, security claims totalling ₹41.52 crore volition beryllium paid by January to 88,886 farmers who reported harvest losses owed to localised earthy calamities, the Minister added.
For the rabi season, 7,752 security proposals person been registered truthful far. The deadline to insure crops specified arsenic chickpea, wheat and jowar is December 31, helium said.
Mr. Khandre demanded that the Union Government merchandise a achromatic insubstantial connected harvest security coverage, premiums paid by farmers and profits earned by backstage security companies implicit the past 9 years.
Deputy Commissioner Shilpa Sharma, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Girish Badole and Superintendent of Police Pradeep Gunti were present.
