-The Indian Express The march is set to end on February 27 at the state Legislative Assembly in Mumbai, when the Budget Session would be in progress. Nashik: Tribals, landless agriculturalists and small farmers converged in Nashik on Wednesday for their second “long march” to Mumbai since March last year. In small contingents, they arrived from places like Peint, Trimbakeshwar, Kalwan, Palghar and adjoining areas, getting off their dust-covered vehicles 8 to...
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How dependable is the weather data? -Rajalakshmi Nirmal
-The Hindu Business Line Not very, going by IMD gauge in Badnapur; insurers depend on Skymet AWS If you imagine a rain observatory as a centre with scientific equipment and team of researchers monitoring data, you are mistaken. The writer visited a rain observatory in Badnapur town of Jalna district in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad division. This was in the terrace of the Gram Panchayat Office. The writer was taken aback by what she saw there:...
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-The Hindu Business Line Not satisfied with CM Fadnavis’ promises, ryots to renew protest, walk from Nashik to Mumbai starting tomorrow Over one lakh farmers across Maharashtra would march from Nashik to Mumbai from Wednesday in a repeat of their much-talked-about ‘Long March’ last year as the talks between farmer leaders and state government officials remained inconclusive on Sunday. The farmers, who would cover nearly 165 kilometres over eight days to reach Mumbai...
More »PM Fasal Bima Yojana is suffering from low coverage since the last 2 years
The budgetary allocation for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) as a proportion of total budgetary expenditure has been reduced marginally during the Interim Budget 2019-20. It may have happened because the coverage of gross cropped area under the scheme could not keep pace with the target that was set during the last two years. The Status of Implementation of Budget Announcements 2017-18, which was presented during the Union Budget 2018-19,...
More »Not satisfied by Maharashtra CM's assurances, farmers to go ahead with march
-The Indian Express The farmers would go ahead with the march from Nashik to Mumbai as planned on February 20. They will reach Mumbai on February 27 during the Budget Session of the state legislature. The Budget Session is slated to begin on February 25. Mumbai: Even as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tried to allay the concerns of farmers in a two-hour meeting on Sunday, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) said...
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