The sale receipt provided by a Solapur based commission agent showed farmer Bappu Kavade sent 1,123 kgs of onion to the market and earned Rs 1,665.50, with his expenses, including labour cost, weighing charges and transportation
Thousands of farmers from across Maharashtra reached Mumbai on Sunday evening to participate in a rally against the Centre's three new farm laws on Monday.
The newly-formed Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government has announced a loan waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh for farmers with a cut-off date of September 30, 2019. The scheme is applicable to non-defaulting farmers who have an outstanding of Rs 2 lakh or more.
A report prepared by the Aurangabad divisional commissioner's office said that unseasonal rains affected 44,33,549 farmers, ruining crops over 41,49,175 hectares of land in eight districts
Accusing the state government of not fulfilling the promises made by CM Fadnavis in 2018, the farmers have decided to once again take out a march from Nashik to Mumbai.
The march, led by All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) - a peasants front of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was launched from Nashik on Tuesday.
The government has said that the Aadhaar-based linking will avoid any duplication as well as fake accounts getting the benefit of the loan waiver.
A cultivator allegedly committed suicide at a village in Solapur district, leaving behind a note purportedly stating that he should not be cremated till Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis visits his place and meets their demands
The Sena accused the state government of creating a fissure among the farmers in an attempt to break their unity, saying it had used similar tactics to crush the Maratha stir in the past
The farmers’ strike in Maharashtra entered the second day on Friday with supply of vegetables, milk and fruits taking a hit in the state.
Anna Hazare expressed concern over the violence witnessed on the first day and urged the farmers not to damage public or private properties.
Mumbai: Shiv Sena Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of a credit line of USD 1 billion to Mongolia and asked why he can't show the same eagerness to help the distressed farmers of
Nagpur: Farmers in a Maharashtra village yesterday burnt an effigy of US President Barack Obama, protesting the humiliation and arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade who hails from the state.Scores of farmers gathered in Pandharkawda
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