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Shiv Sena Promises Full Support to Drought-Hit Farmers in Maharashtra
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News18•17-10-2026, 23:30
Shiv Sena Promises Full Support to Drought-Hit Farmers in Maharashtra
- •Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced that Shiv Sena will provide comprehensive assistance to drought-affected farmers and their families.
- •Relief measures include distributing sewing machines to women for sustainable livelihoods and offering financial aid for daughters' marriages.
- •Ration kits will be dispatched via a fleet of trucks to distressed areas during the party's upcoming annual Dussehra rally.
- •The state government has officially declared drought in 305 out of 358 talukas due to deficient monsoon rainfall this year.
- •Shinde appealed to citizens and community leaders to unite and extend financial help to the struggling agricultural community.
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced that Shiv Sena will distribute sewing machines to women from drought-affected farming households for sustainable livelihoods, offer financial support for the marriages of their daughters, and dispatch fleets of ration kits during the party's annual Dussehra rally.
Due to a deficient monsoon rain, the government has declared a drought in 305 out of the 358 talukas across Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra government activated drought relief measures which include stopping loan recovery, deferring agricultural loans, and restructuring farm loans to assist farmers facing crop losses and mounting debt.
