The latest Government Resolution regarding compensation offered by the state government to flood-affected people across the state has irked many activists and NGOs, who say that the amount is too little for affected families even if it is higher than what was fixed in 2015. The GR dated August 8 stated that in case of loss of clothing and utensils/household goods for families whose houses have been washed away/fully-damaged/severely inundated for more than two days due to a natural calamity, a compensation of R7,500 per family (Rs 2,500 from State Disaster Relief Fund and R5,000 from state government relief fund) in the cities and in rural regions, the compensation is R5,000 (R2,500 each from SDRF and State Relief fund) will be paid.

For the same damage, the earlier GR dated May 13, 2015, was providing compensation of R1,800 per family for the loss of clothing and R2,000 per family for the loss of utensils and household goods. Shailesh Gandhi, former Central Information Commissioner (RTI), said, "The financial aid of R7,500 per affected family is too less. Our problem is knee jerk reactions instead of coming out with comprehensive long-term policies which will be more useful." Godfrey Pimenta, trustee of Watchdog foundation, too said that there was "no logic" in the manner in which the ex-gratia payment is done by revenue officials to disaster-affected families. "This is like rubbing salt on their wounds. We need to frame long-term policies and find better solutions to tackle nature's fury." Following criticism, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday evening made an announcement that he will be increasing the ex-gratia amount to R10,000 for rural regions and R15,000 for city but no notification to this effect has been issued yet.