Maharashtra Farmers
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Video of Maharashtra farmer's struggle to save crop amid rain moves Union Minister Shivraj Chouhan
India | May 18, 2025, 10:37 PM ISTUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Chouhan reached out to a distressed farmer in Maharashtra, Gaurav Panwar, after a viral video showed him struggling to save his peanut crop from unseasonal rain. Chouhan assured the farmer of compensation, stating that he had spoken to Maharashtra CM Fadnavis too.
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Onions bring tears to Maharashtra farmer who earns just Rs 13 after selling over 1.1 ton
India | Dec 03, 2021, 09:07 PM ISTThe 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
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15,000 Maharashtra farmers reach Mumbai's Azad Maidan, to join today’s protest rally
News | Jan 25, 2021, 09:35 AM ISTThousands 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.
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Maharashtra farm loan waiver to cost Rs 45,000-51,000 cr: Report
India | Jan 06, 2020, 09:50 PM ISTThe 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.
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Govt report recommends Rs 2,904 cr compensation for Marathwada farmers
India | Nov 14, 2019, 05:44 PM ISTA 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
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Maharashtra: Agitating farmers set to take out march from Nashik to Mumbai today
India | Feb 21, 2019, 08:58 AM ISTAccusing 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.
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Maharashtra: No buyers for tomatoes, farmers give it away for free
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Truth behind farmers destroying their crop in Maharashtra
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30,000 farmers marching for loan waiver reach Thane, Mumbai braces for traffic jams
India | Mar 11, 2018, 03:09 PM ISTThe march, led by All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) - a peasants front of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was launched from Nashik on Tuesday.
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100 Maharashtra farmers, registering for loan waiver, linked to single Aadhaar number
India | Oct 25, 2017, 05:39 PM ISTThe government has said that the Aadhaar-based linking will avoid any duplication as well as fake accounts getting the benefit of the loan waiver.
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Debt-ridden farmer ends life, says ‘don’t cremate me till CM Fadnavis meets demands’
India | Jun 08, 2017, 04:13 PM ISTA 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
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Maharashtra farmers to intensify stir, threaten to lock down government offices
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Maharashtra stir: Shiv Sena slams state govt for breaking farmers’ unity
National | Jun 05, 2017, 01:52 PM ISTThe 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
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Maharashtra farmers strike enter second day, food supplies hit
India | Jun 02, 2017, 03:10 PM ISTThe farmers’ strike in Maharashtra entered the second day on Friday with supply of vegetables, milk and fruits taking a hit in the state.
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Anna Hazare backs indefinite strike of Maharashtra farmers, appeals to keep agitation peaceful
India | Jun 02, 2017, 02:19 PM ISTAnna Hazare expressed concern over the violence witnessed on the first day and urged the farmers not to damage public or private properties.
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Mongolia more fortunate than Maharashtra, says Shiv Sena
National | May 20, 2015, 01:32 PM ISTMumbai: 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
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Maharashtra farmers burn Obama effigy over diplomat incident
India | Dec 19, 2013, 10:11 AM ISTNagpur: 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