Hunger strike agitation by NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar in Pandharpur for unconditonal farm loan waiver enters second day on Saturday Pune: The state govt on Saturday expressed willingness to hold talks with NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar, who has been on a hunger strike in Pandharpur since Friday demanding an unconditional loan waiver for…
Nagpur: The state govt has cancelled the subsidy scheme for orange exports to Bangladesh following complaints that it benefited intermediaries and big traders instead of farmers in Maharashtra. The decision was announced in a GR issued by the State Cooperation, Marketing and Textiles Department on June 8.The state govt had approved the scheme on December…
NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar began his hunger strike in Pandharpur on Friday demanding that the state govt announce unconditional farm loan waiver Pune: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar began an indefinite hunger strike in the holy town of Pandharpur on Friday, demanding that the state govt grant an unconditional loan waiver to all farmers…
Farmers in Maharashtra welcomed Centre’s decision to relax onion procurement rules. At the same time, they said, the move does not solve the main problem and have demanded a minimum procurement price of Rs 3,000 per quintal.They say the rates being offered by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and the…
