Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday announced that the loans of farmers up to rupees 2 lakh will be waived off and that the money will be deposited in the banks directly, news agency ANI reported.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announces Rs 2 lakh loan waiver for poor farmers

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday sanctioned Rs 5,380 crore from the state contingency fund to give relief to farmers affected by unseasonal rain.

Devendra Fadnavis sanctions Rs 5,380 crores for rain-affected farmers

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking more assistance for unseasonal rain-affected farmers from Central government on Sunday in New Delhi, sources said.

Fadnavis to meet Shah on Monday in Delhi to seek more assistance for Maharashtra farmers

The farmers said they were not being paid remunerative prices for their crops or adequate compensation for their land acquired by the government

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In financial distress themselves, rural banks in India can barely be the economic backbone of farmers ? who are then driven to private moneylenders.

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M S Swaminathan took to Twitter on Tuesday to express his concern about the future of farmers in India amid the ongoing farmers protests in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra

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The government will form a committee to decide criteria to waive off loans

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