Maharashtra Farmers

Farmers Won't Be Allowed To March To Raj Bhavan: Mumbai Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 25, 2021

Police have made tight security arrangements at the venue of a farmers' rally in Mumbai and protesters are not allowed to march from south Mumbai to the Raj Bhavan, a senior police official said on Monday.

Farmers From Maharashtra Leave For Delhi To Join Protests

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 22, 2020

Thousands of farmers from Maharashtra on Monday left for Delhi from Nashik to join the ongoing agitation by cultivators seeking the repeal of three agri laws passed by the Centre.

Farmer Tries To Consume "Liquid" At Maharashtra Minister's Meet: Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 6, 2020

A farmer tried to consume some liquid from a container during a review meeting being chaired by Maharashtra minister Rajesh Tope in Jalna on Monday, police said.

"Pak, Others Will Benefit": Sharad Pawar Urges Onion Export Ban Rethink

India News | Written by Purva Chitnis | Tuesday September 15, 2020

In a sudden move, the central government's Department of Commerce on Monday banned "with immediate effect" export of onions as its average trade price in the country's biggest onion market in Maharashtra's Lasalgaon touched Rs 30/kg - double of what it was in March.

Maharashtra Farmers Spill Milk To Protest Prices, Centre's Import Of Powder

India News | Written by Purva Chitnis | Saturday August 1, 2020

Farmers organisations across Maharashtra are protesting low procurement rates of co-operative and private dairies, with thousands marching in around 20 districts

Maharashtra Farmer "Very Happy" After PM's Shout-Out Over His Innovation

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 1, 2020

For Rajendra Jadhav, 62, a farmer in Maharashtra's Nashik, it was a pleasant surprise when Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned his name and praised his innovation during his "Mann Ki Baat" address on Sunday.

Maharashtra Government Announces Sops For Farmers In Maiden Budget

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 6, 2020

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday announce done-time settlement scheme for farmers whose debt is more than Rs 2 lakh in the state budget for 2020-21.

Maharashtra Farmer Ends Life On Day Son Recites Poem Against Suicide

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 29, 2020

A 35-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in Ahmednagar's Pathardi tehsil on Thursday evening, hours after his son read out a poem in school asking farmers not to commit suicide due to agricultural distress, police said.

Debt-Free Farmer Invites Uddhav Thackeray For Daughter's Marriage

India News | ANI | Tuesday February 25, 2020

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar got an invitation from a farmer to attend his daughter's wedding after his loan was waived off.

Maharashtra Farmers Whose Loan Exceeds Rs 2 Lakh Ineligible For Waiver

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 28, 2019

Farmers whose crop loan, taken between April 2015 and March 2019, is more than Rs two lakh,will not be eligible for the loan waiver scheme announced by the Uddhav Thackeray-led 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' government in Maharashtra last week.

BJP, Sena MLAs Scuffle Over Aid To Maharashtra Famers, Assembly Adjourned

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 17, 2019

The Maharashtra Assembly witnessed ruckus on Tuesday as the members of opposition BJP and the ruling Shiv Sena indulged in a scuffle and charged at each other, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House.

Maharashtra Approves Rs 500 Per Quintal Subsidy For Paddy Farmers

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 11, 2019

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has approved a proposal to give a subsidy of Rs 500 per quintal (100 kg) to paddy cultivators.

Paddy Stacks Set Ablaze In Maharashtra, Farmers Lose Rs 63 Lakh: Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 30, 2019

Unidentified people set on fire paddy stacks of 13 farmers on an area of 29 hectares in Maoist-hit Deori tehsil of Maharashtra's Gondia district, police said on Saturday.

Maharashtra Farmer Kills Self, Body Remains Hanging From Tree For 6 Days

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 19, 2019

A 62-year-old tribal farmer allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a tree in Maharashtra's Akola district, police said.

BJP "Disappointed" Maharashtra Farmers With "Meagre" Relief: Shiv Sena

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 18, 2019

The Shiv Sena on Monday took a swipe at its one-time ally, the BJP, over the "paltry" financial assistance announced by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to the farmers affected by unseasonal rains.