Telangana's Congress government failed to secure a concrete Centre's assurance on its proposed Rs 30,000-crore drought relief package despite a three-day Delhi visit by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Cabinet Ministers, while farmers continue facing drought-related crop losses
Maharashtra has declared 265 of its 358 talukas drought-affected and announced relief measures including crop loan restructuring, land revenue concessions and power bill subsidies. The government has also ordered crop-loss assessments, while Opposition parties criticised the timing of the declaration
