**Executive Summary**
This document details assistance provided to farmers in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar District of Maharashtra, India, affected by heavy rain and floods in 2025-26. The Government of Maharashtra has surveyed affected areas and sanctioned Rs.56314.42 lakh in compensation. Additional assistance for seeds and related inputs for the rabi season is also provided. The data was received on 27.11.2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Impacted Area and Farmers:**
* 6 lakh 8 thousand 956 hectares area and 6 lakhs 89 thousand and 75 farmers in Chhatrapati Shambhajinagar District are affected.
* **Financial Assistance:**
* Rs.56314.42 lakh has been sanctioned to affected farmers.
* Rs.10,000 per hectare (up to 3 hectares) will be provided for seeds and related inputs for the rabi season.
* **Disaster Management Responsibilities:**
* State Governments are primarily responsible for disaster management and relief disbursement.
* Central Government supplements State Government efforts with logistics and financial support via National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
* **Insurance and Loss Assessment:**
* Losses from localized risks are calculated on an individual insured farm basis.
* Farmers must report losses to insurance companies, the State Government, and financial institutions via online portals like the National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) or PMFBY app.
* **Grievance Redressal:**
* District Level Grievance Redressal Committee (DGRC) and State Level Grievance Redressal Committee (SGRC) are in place.
* **Technology and Monitoring:**
* National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) serves as a centralized data source for subsidy payments and information dissemination.
* "Digiclaim Module" has been operationalized for claims payment from Kharif 2022.
* WINDS (Weather Information Network & Data System) and YES-Tech (Yield Estimation based on Technology) are used for crop damage assessment since 2023-24.
**Impact Analysis**
**Farmers in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar District**
* **Impact:** Receive financial assistance and compensation for crop damage due to heavy rain and floods.
* **Action Required:** Intimate loss to the concerned insurance company, State Government, financial institutions/banks, online on National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) or PMFBY app etc. to ensure the eligible benefits.
**State Government of Maharashtra**
* **Impact:** Bears the primary responsibility for disaster management and relief disbursement. Receives supplementary support from the Central Government.
* **Action Required:** Implement relief measures, disburse funds, and ensure effective grievance redressal.
**Central Government**
* **Impact:** Provides financial and logistical support to the State Government through the NDRF.
* **Action Required:** Supplement the efforts of the State Governments and provides requisite logistics and financial support.
**Insurance Companies & Financial Institutions**
* **Impact:** Process insurance claims and provide financial assistance to affected farmers.
* **Action Required:** Receive and process loss intimations from farmers via specified channels and disburse claims.
Key Entities Referenced
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY): The central scheme providing crop insurance, which is mentioned as having revised operational guidelines.
National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP): A single source of data for crop insurance information and services.
National Policy on Disaster Management (NPDM): The policy under which State Governments are responsible for disaster management.
National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF): A fund that provides financial assistance in case of severe disasters.
Maharashtra: The state where the heavy rain and flood occurred, affecting farmers and farmland.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Assistance to Farmers affected by heavy rain
and flood in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
प्रव तथ: 02 DEC 2025 6:27PM by PIB Mumbai
: Mumbai, December 2, 2025
A total of 6 lakh 8 thousand 956 hectares area and 6 lakhs 89 thousand and 75
farmers are affected in Chhatrapati Shambhajinagar District due to heavy rain and
flood in 2025-26, as has been informed by the Government of Maharashtra.
Estimated economic value of crop damage is Rs.1695.01 crore. Government of
Maharashtra has conducted survey of affected area and provided relief and
compensation to the farmers. Total amount of Rs.56314.42 lakh has been
sanctioned to the affected farmers. Additionally, assistance of Rs.10,000 per
hectare, up to a maximum of 3 hectares, will be provided for seeds and other
related inputs for the rabi season.
Further, 75.42 lakh hectares of farm area in the state of Maharashtra was affected
due to hydro-meteorological disasters in 2025-26 (as per data received on
27.11.2025)
The primary responsibility for disaster management, including disbursal of relief
assistance on ground level, rests with the State Governments concerned, as per the
National Policy on Disaster Management (NPDM). The State Governments undertake
relief measures in the wake of natural calamities, from State Disaster Response
Fund (SDRF) already placed at their disposal, in accordance with Government of
India approved items and norms. The Central Government supplements the efforts
of the State Governments and provides requisite logistics and financial support.
Additional financial assistance is provided from National Disaster Response Fund
(NDRF), as per laid down procedure, in case of disaster of 'severe nature', which
includes an assessment based on the visit of an Inter-Ministerial Central Team
(IMCT).
The losses due to localized risks of hailstorm, landslide, inundation, cloud burst &
natural fire and post-harvest losses due to cyclone, cyclonic/unseasonal rains &
hailstorms are calculated on individual insured farm basis. Farmers are required to
intimate the loss to the concerned insurance company, State Government, financial
institutions/banks, online on National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) or PMFBY app
etc. Government has periodically revised the Operational Guidelines of the PMFBY
comprehensively to ensure that the eligible benefits under the scheme reach the
farmers timely and transparently. Since the scheme is implemented by the State
Government, therefore, in order to resolve the grievances/complaints including
those related to claims of insured farmers, provision of Stratified GrievanceRedressal Mechanism viz. District Level Grievance Redressal Committee (DGRC),
State Level Grievance Redressal Committee (SGRC) has been made in the Revised
Operational Guidelines of the Scheme.
Further, the Central Government has undertaken development of National Crop
Insurance Portal (NCIP) as a single source of data ensuring subsidy payment, co-
ordination, transparency, dissemination of information and delivery of services
including direct online enrollment of farmers, uploading/obtaining individual insured
famer’s details for better monitoring and to ensure transfer of claim amount
electronically to the individual farmer’s Bank Account. In order to rigorously
monitor claim disbursal process, a dedicated module namely ‘Digiclaim Module’ has
been operationalized for payment of claims from Kharif 2022 onwards.
WINDS (Weather Information Network & Data System) and YES-Tech (Yield
Estimation based on Technology) are two technologies used for Objective Crop
Damage & Loss Assessment and transparency have also been implemented recently
w.e.f. 2023-24 under the scheme.
This information was provided in a written reply to an unstarred question by the
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Ramnath Thakur in the
Lok Sabha today.
PIB Mumbai | Sriyanka Chatterjee/ Priti Malandkar
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