Lok Sabha Question No. 1417 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Compensation to Farmers and Families affected from Floods
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1417

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 09 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## COMPENSATION TO FARMERS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED FROM FLOODS

## 1417.  SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष और ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that in the past five years, cyclones, heavy rainfall, and floods have affected a large number of farmers, agricultural labourers and their families in Maharashtra, especially  in  the  Beed  and  Dharashiv  parliamentary  constituencies  of  the  Marathwada region;
- (b) if so, the details of affected families, farmers, labourers, and deceased along with the details of the nine people killed in the recent floods in Beed district, for which the Collector has sent a proposal to the Union Government based on my letter, year-wise and districtwise;
- (c) whether the Union Government has approved compensation for the families of those affected and deceased, if so, the details of the approved, disbursed and pending amounts, district-wise; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  to  provide  relief,  KCC  limit  enhancement,  and information about schemes to small and marginal farmers without crop insurance?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) to (c): The  primary  responsibility  for  disaster  management,  including  disbursal  of relief assistance on ground level, rests with the State Governments concerned. 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 financial assistance provided under SDRF and NDRF is by way of relief and not for compensation.

The State Government of Maharashtra is allocated an amount of Rs.4176.80 crore (Rs.3132.80  crore  Central  share  +  Rs.1044.00  crore  State  share)  for  the  financial  year 2025-2026  under  SDRF,  of  which  the  first  and  second  Installments  of  Rs.1566.40  crore each, as Central share is released to the State.

District  wise  details  of  crops  loss  is  not  maintained  centrally  as  informed  by  MHA details of crops loss, human loss, Cattle Lost, Houses/ huts damaged in Maharashtra during the last five years is as under:

| Year     |   Human Lives lost (No.) |   Cattle Lost (No.) |   Houses/ huts damaged (No.) | Cropped Area affected (in lakh ha.)   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2020-21  |                      215 |                5814 |                       297013 | 11.28                                 |
| 2021-22  |                      322 |                2201 |                        46166 | 2.41                                  |
| 2022-23  |                      206 |                4301 |                         3592 | -                                     |
| 2023-24  |                      146 |                 207 |                          467 | -                                     |
| 2024-25  |                      206 |                 551 |                           98 | -                                     |
| 2025-26* |                      224 |                 599 |                         3598 | 75.42                                 |

*up to 03.12.2025

(d): The Government is implementing a 100% centrally funded Central Sector Scheme known as the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) across various States and UTs in  pan  India.  This  scheme  aims  to  provide  concessional  interest  rates  on  short-term agricultural loans obtained by farmers through Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) for their working capital requirements.

To provide relief to the farmers on occurrence of natural calamities, the component of interest subvention is available on the restructured amount to banks for the first year and such restructured loans would attract normal rate of interest from the second year onwards as per the policy laid down by RBI. Interest subvention and prompt repayment incentive on restructured crop loans is also given to farmers affected by severe natural calamities for a maximum period of 5 years based on the report of Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) for grant of NDRF assistance and Sub-Committee of National Executive Committee (SC-NEC).

The KCC limit is determined based on the Scale of Finance (SoF) for the crop and the farmer's cultivated land area, as per the RBI Master Circular dated 04.07.2018.

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