Raise the paddy bonus to ₹25,000 per hectare
Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) · Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024
Last updated 25 Oct 2026
What does this status mean?
The term is active and there is no evidence of action or reversal.
Status describes delivery. Confidence describes how strong the available evidence is.
Original manifesto wording
“Provide paddy farmers a bonus of ₹25,000 per hectare.”
Our Assessment
Post-election reporting describes a ₹20,000-per-hectare paddy bonus, below NCP's promised ₹25,000. No verified order or payment evidence establishing the ₹25,000 rate was found. Existing ₹20,000 support is not counted as delivery of the promised increase.
The reasoning behind the verdict
Why this assessment?
Reviewed
01 · Delivery status
Why pending?
Post-election reporting describes a ₹20,000-per-hectare paddy bonus, below NCP's promised ₹25,000. No verified order or payment evidence establishing the ₹25,000 rate was found. Existing ₹20,000 support is not counted as delivery of the promised increase.
02 · Strength of evidence
Why medium confidence?
The campaign commitment is supported by the labelled sources. Confidence in its wording is separate from the strength of delivery evidence.
What would help us reassess?
The documents that could clarify delivery of this commitment.
- Original Assembly manifesto and dated implementation orders, beneficiary payments or audited outcome records relevant to this pledge.
Status describes delivery. Confidence describes the evidence.
Read our methodology ↗Sources & Evidence
Agrowon — 2024-25 incentive remains ₹20,000 per hectare
Indian Express — NCP's statewide commitments at constituency-manifesto release
NDTV Marathi — NCP's ₹25,000 paddy-bonus campaign pledge
NCP Aheri repeats ₹25,000-per-hectare paddy pledge — MumbaiVotes compilation, PDF page 5; internal PAGE-7
NCP Arjuni-Mor repeats ₹25,000-per-hectare paddy pledge — MumbaiVotes compilation, PDF page 5; internal PAGE-6
NCP Tumsar-Mohadi repeats ₹25,000-per-hectare paddy pledge — MumbaiVotes compilation, PDF page 4; internal PAGE-5
The Hitavada — post-election ₹20,000 bonus, capped at two hectares
Promise Timeline
The Hitavada reports the announced paddy bonus at ₹20,000 per hectare, capped at two hectares; this is below the promised ₹25,000 rate.
View sourceNCP's Assembly manifesto release included this statewide paddy-bonus commitment; it is not treated as a joint Mahayuti guarantee.
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