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MAHARASHTRA FARMERS PROTEST NEWS
Tribal farmers end stir after Maharashtra govt agrees to accept demands
November 22, 2018 11:32 pm
A delegation of the protesting tribals met Fadnavis at Vidhan Bhawan in south Mumbai today where he assured them that the remaining claims would be settled by December this year.
Maharashtra: Protesting tribal students detained in Ahmednagar
July 17, 2018 2:12 pm
The students were on the last leg of their long march which had started in Pune last week to protest against the suspension of canteen services in the tribal hostels.
Maharashtra farmers to protest from June 1 over 'unresolved' demands
May 29, 2018 10:09 pm
As part of the protest on June 1, farmers will take their cattle to the tehsil offices to draw the BJP-led state government's attention to their issues.
As Maharashtra panels grapple with too many vacant posts, over 30,000 wait for papers to prove caste
March 30, 2018 5:05 am
For members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, validity certificates are necessary to avail benefits of the various schemes and programmes announced by the state and central governments.
View From The Right: Two farmer agitations
March 21, 2018 12:05 am
The editorial in Organiser compares the Maharashtra government’s response to the Long March with that of the Kerala government to the agitation by paddy farmers in Kannur district.
Why forest rights matter
March 17, 2018 10:10 am
The demand is a call for upholding local practices of belonging
Marching against apathy
March 17, 2018 9:42 am
The country’s politics has ignored the farmers. Perhaps it is time they change the country’s politics
Maharashtra farmer march: Once RSS, now leftist, Ayurveda practitioner Ajit Nawale who led protest
March 16, 2018 1:50 pm
Dr Ajit Nawale, 40, who took a lead role in mobilising marchers and took part in discussions with the state government, is today the Maharashtra state general secretary of the CPM-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha.
Last chance for govt to fulfil its promises to farmers: Shiv Sena
March 13, 2018 1:30 pm
Those in the government sitting idle over the issue of farmers' stir suddenly became sensitive to their demands, and those who could not hear the anger of farmers till now became positive to their demands, the Sena said, taunting the Devendra Fadnavis government
Maharashtra farmers' protest: Sitaram Yechury warns of mass movement if demands not met in six months
March 13, 2018 11:03 am
An estimated 40,000 farmers, many of them tribals, marched from Nashik to Mumbai, covering a 180-km stretch in six days, to reach Vidhan Sabha on Monday and raise their demands.
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Maharashtra farmers' protest: How a 3-day long march forced govt to take note of their plight
March 13, 2018 6:09 pm
Maharashtra’s protesting farmers decided to call off their stir on Monday after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis agreed to most of their demands. The farmers, including a very large number from tribal-dominated talukas in Nashik, Thane and Palghar, demanded a loan waiver free of any conditions, implementation of the Forest Rights Act, fixed remunerative prices for agri produce, and implementation of the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission.
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