Overview
- The Delhi Cabinet approved the increase to ₹75,000 per hectare on Monday, June 1, 2026, as full ex‑gratia for farmers whose crops were judged completely lost in last year’s heavy rains.
- A Revenue Department survey found about 10,977.44 acres (roughly 4,442 hectares) were affected in August–September 2025 and assessed crop loss at 100 percent across that area.
- The package is aimed at recorded landowners only and explicitly excludes company‑owned land, land vested in Gram Sabhas, and farmhouse plots enclosed by permanent boundary walls.
- The state sanctioned about ₹33.32 crore to cover payments to roughly 10,000 beneficiary families and the chief minister noted the Centre has also cleared resumption of FCI wheat procurement in Delhi.
- The rise updates a 2015 rate that had been ₹20,000 per acre and is intended to reflect higher farming costs and help farmers restart planting and cover short‑term income loss.