<h1>Government announces Rs 31,628 crore relief package for flood-hit farmers, Rs 48,000 per hectare aid; loan waiver promised later</h1> The state government announced a Rs 31,628 crore compensation package for farmers affected by rains and floods, totaling Rs 48,000 per hectare (including cash, employment-guarantee aid, insurance payouts and other grants), and said a farm loan waiver will be announced later. Relief covers crop, property, soil erosion, livestock and household losses, expands assistance beyond NDRF norms (raising per-farmer hectare limits), and includes measures like loan restructuring, suspension of recoveries and utility concessions. Opposition parties challenge the adequacy of the package and demand a more substantial, time-bound rehabilitation and explicit loan-waiver commitment.