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Rs 1 Lakh Loan Balloons To Rs 74 Lakh, Maharashtra Farmer Sells Kidney
A farmer from Maharashtra was forced to travel to Cambodia and sell his kidney as a Rs 1 lakh loan and the Rs 10,000 per day interest caused his debt to balloon to Rs 74 lakh.
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Maharashtra Government Denies Paying Only Rs 6 Aid As Alleged By Farmer
A day after a farmer from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra claimed that he received only Rs 6 for crop losses, the state agriculture department on Thursday said the amount was not paid by the government.
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Maharashtra Farmer Waits Months For Crop Loss Compensation, Gets Rs 6
A farmer from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra on Wednesday claimed to have received only Rs 6 as compensation from the government for the crop losses he suffered as a result of heavy rains and subsequent flooding.
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Farmer Says Got ₹2.30 Instead Of 1.5 Lakh As Crop Loss Aid, Official Replies
A farmer in Maharashtra was shocked after his bank account was credited with only Rs 2.30 as the government's alleged compensation for crop loss caused by unseasonal rainfall.
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Court Orders Protesters Seeking Farm Loan Waivers To Vacate Highway In Nagpur
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court directed Prahar Janshakti Party leader Bachchu Kadu and his supporters to immediately vacate the National Highway on the city's outskirts where they are staging a protest seeking full farm loan waiver.
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Farmer Wins Rs 50 Lakh On KBC. He Had Been Preparing Since 2018
A farmer from Maharashtra who lost his crops to floods has found a new beginning on Amitabh Bachchan's quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC).
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Farmer Couple Dies By Suicide In Maharashtra
A farmer couple died by suicide in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, highlighting the growing instances of farmer suicides in the state.
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Maharashtra To Blacklist Farmers Using Fake Crop Insurance Claims: Report
The Maharashtra government has decided to blacklist farmers found submitting fake crop insurance claims, an action largely limited to intermediaries and service providers earlier, a senior official from the state agriculture department said.
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"No Choice": No Money For Oxen, Tractor, Elderly Couple Till Land For Crops
A heartbreaking video of a 75-year-old farmer tilling his land with his elderly wife in Maharashtra's Latur has put the spotlight on how farmers with limited resources are struggling to grow crops
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8 Maharashtra Farmers Ended Lives Daily?; Minister Says "Partially True"
Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Makarand Jadhav-Patil on Monday said it was "partially true" that eight farmers, on average, died by suicide daily in the past 56 months in the state.
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2 Forge Documents To Claim Rs 11 Crore Benefit As Legal Heirs Of Dead Farmer
Police booked Uttam Patil and Sudarshan Patil, both residents of Nilje village, on the charges of forging documents after a complaint was lodged by the son of the farmer.
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No Aid To 96,811 Farmers As Bank Accounts Not Linked To Aadhaar: Minister
96,811 farmers in Maharashtra could not receive assistance under the 'Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana' because their bank accounts and Aadhaar numbers were not linked, state Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde said.
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151 Farmers Cheated Of Rs 113 Crore In Loan Fraud In Maharashtra: Cops
More than 150 farmers have been allegedly cheated of Rs 113 crore in a loan fraud in three tehsils of Nagpur district in Maharashtra, a police official said on Thursday.
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Amit Shah Names Kalavati Bandurkar In Jibe At Rahul Gandhi: Know About Her
Rahul Gandhi made Kalavati Bandurkar a household name when he narrated her story during the nuclear debate in Parliament.
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"No Way Left But...": Maharashtra Farmer Threatens Suicide In Letter To Chief Minister
A farmer from Hingoli in Maharashtra facing a debt of around Rs 20 lakh has written a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a compensation for his crop losses and said if he does not get it, he will have no option but to commit suicide.
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Rs 1 Lakh Loan Balloons To Rs 74 Lakh, Maharashtra Farmer Sells Kidney
A farmer from Maharashtra was forced to travel to Cambodia and sell his kidney as a Rs 1 lakh loan and the Rs 10,000 per day interest caused his debt to balloon to Rs 74 lakh.
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Maharashtra Government Denies Paying Only Rs 6 Aid As Alleged By Farmer
A day after a farmer from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra claimed that he received only Rs 6 for crop losses, the state agriculture department on Thursday said the amount was not paid by the government.
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Maharashtra Farmer Waits Months For Crop Loss Compensation, Gets Rs 6
A farmer from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra on Wednesday claimed to have received only Rs 6 as compensation from the government for the crop losses he suffered as a result of heavy rains and subsequent flooding.
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Farmer Says Got ₹2.30 Instead Of 1.5 Lakh As Crop Loss Aid, Official Replies
A farmer in Maharashtra was shocked after his bank account was credited with only Rs 2.30 as the government's alleged compensation for crop loss caused by unseasonal rainfall.
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Court Orders Protesters Seeking Farm Loan Waivers To Vacate Highway In Nagpur
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court directed Prahar Janshakti Party leader Bachchu Kadu and his supporters to immediately vacate the National Highway on the city's outskirts where they are staging a protest seeking full farm loan waiver.
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Farmer Wins Rs 50 Lakh On KBC. He Had Been Preparing Since 2018
A farmer from Maharashtra who lost his crops to floods has found a new beginning on Amitabh Bachchan's quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC).
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Farmer Couple Dies By Suicide In Maharashtra
A farmer couple died by suicide in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, highlighting the growing instances of farmer suicides in the state.
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Maharashtra To Blacklist Farmers Using Fake Crop Insurance Claims: Report
The Maharashtra government has decided to blacklist farmers found submitting fake crop insurance claims, an action largely limited to intermediaries and service providers earlier, a senior official from the state agriculture department said.
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"No Choice": No Money For Oxen, Tractor, Elderly Couple Till Land For Crops
A heartbreaking video of a 75-year-old farmer tilling his land with his elderly wife in Maharashtra's Latur has put the spotlight on how farmers with limited resources are struggling to grow crops
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8 Maharashtra Farmers Ended Lives Daily?; Minister Says "Partially True"
Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Makarand Jadhav-Patil on Monday said it was "partially true" that eight farmers, on average, died by suicide daily in the past 56 months in the state.
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2 Forge Documents To Claim Rs 11 Crore Benefit As Legal Heirs Of Dead Farmer
Police booked Uttam Patil and Sudarshan Patil, both residents of Nilje village, on the charges of forging documents after a complaint was lodged by the son of the farmer.
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No Aid To 96,811 Farmers As Bank Accounts Not Linked To Aadhaar: Minister
96,811 farmers in Maharashtra could not receive assistance under the 'Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana' because their bank accounts and Aadhaar numbers were not linked, state Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde said.
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151 Farmers Cheated Of Rs 113 Crore In Loan Fraud In Maharashtra: Cops
More than 150 farmers have been allegedly cheated of Rs 113 crore in a loan fraud in three tehsils of Nagpur district in Maharashtra, a police official said on Thursday.
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Amit Shah Names Kalavati Bandurkar In Jibe At Rahul Gandhi: Know About Her
Rahul Gandhi made Kalavati Bandurkar a household name when he narrated her story during the nuclear debate in Parliament.
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"No Way Left But...": Maharashtra Farmer Threatens Suicide In Letter To Chief Minister
A farmer from Hingoli in Maharashtra facing a debt of around Rs 20 lakh has written a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a compensation for his crop losses and said if he does not get it, he will have no option but to commit suicide.
