{
  "id": 19109510,
  "title": "Pune Drought: Farmers Receive ₹5,000 Advance Before Diwali Amid Crop Losses Across 3.18 Lakh Hectares",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/pune-drought-farmers-receive-5-000-advance-before-diwali-amid-crop",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T06:21:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-drought-farmers-receive-5000-advance-before-diwali-amid-crop-losses-across-318-lakh-hectares"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pune: Farmers in Pune district received advance assistance of ₹5,000 each before Diwali as the state government began providing financial relief for crop losses caused by insufficient rainfall. The assistance comes amid widespread agricultural damage, with more than 3 lakh hectares affected across the district. According to the district administration, drought was declared in 10 talukas of Pune…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}