Politics
Uddhav Thackeray seeks special session on Maharashtra drought
Hindustan Times··2d ago
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to call a special Assembly session next week on the drought. He sought a two-to-three-day sitting and farm loan guarantees matching those for sugar mills. Thackeray also asked for tehsil-wise drought declarations and Cabinet meetings in Marathwada and Vidarbha. He questioned the Rs 31,000-crore relief package.
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What It Means For You
- Farmers seeking drought relief are waiting on whether the government schedules the special session Thackeray requested.
- Tehsil-wise declarations would decide which villages qualify for state drought measures.
- Loan-guarantee parity with sugar mills would change how banks treat farm credit risk.
What's Happening
- Thackeray demanded the government publish how many farmers received how much from the Rs 31,000-crore package.
- He also sought a public list of farmers who benefited from the state farm loan waiver.
- He raised crop insurance shortfalls and called for corrective measures.
Other relief demands
- Mahayuti announced the Rs 31,000-crore package last year.
- Thackeray cited reports warning of a possible super El Nino impact on farmers.
- Region-specific Cabinet sittings would cover Western Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha separately.
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