The Gujarat government has unveiled a relief package worth ₹1,419 crore for those who have suffered crop damage due to excessive rainfall in August this year.

However, the farmer leaders have claimed that for a loss of over ₹1 lakh crore, ₹1,420 crore is a ‘joke’ for them.

The farmers in Gujarat along with the Congress had demanded that the government announce a ‘green drought’ on Monday.

A Congress leader told the media that if a state witnesses more than 140% of rainfall in a season, the government has to declare a green drought.

The Opposition has accused the government of purposefully not announcing green drought to avoid hefty relief to farmers.

Each farmer will get a meagre amount of₹15,000-₹20,000 for loss amounting to lakhs, as per the farmers' union.

The farmers claimed that many farmers who suffered losses did not even receive an earlier relief package of ₹350 crore declared in July this year.

From the relief money of ₹44,000, around ₹22,000 were deducted.

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