Maharashtra CM Fadnavis gives in to demands of protesting farmers, announces complete loan waiver
The Maharashtra Government on Sunday announced complete loan waiver to farmers.
The government will form a committee to decide criteria to waive off loans. On June 1, the farmers in Maharashtra went on strike for the first time ever. Their agitation saw violence and angry farmers spilling milk and throwing vegetables on the road.
At one point the strike expanded into a bandh call, where agitators threatened to stop supply to urban markets. This comes at a time when Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district has been boiling over a farmers’ agitation to waive off their loans.
The unrest has turned ugly because of the death of five protesters during firing by police in Madhya Pradesh on June 6.
- Maharashtra Government
- Farm Loan Waiver
- Devendra Fadnavis
- Farmers protest
- Mandsaur
- MP farmers agitation
- Madhya Pradesh (MP)
Sun, 11 Jun 2017-05:53pm
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Sunday, 11 June 2017 – 5:53pm
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