Farm Debt Relief News

NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar ended his hunger strike Sunday night after Maharashtra Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan assured him that the state government would convene a meeting before June 22 to address farmers demands on the contentious loan waiver schem

Even as Opposition parties have criticised the Maharashtra government s newly announced farm loan waiver scheme for imposing eligibility conditions that could exclude a large number of distressed...