Grand Maratha Foundation distributed relief aid on 24/10/2015 to the families of farmers who committed suicide after crop failure due to dry spell and climate change effect in the region. The relief aid was given to: 1.Arjun Watghure of village Savargoan in Yavatmal district in Maharashtra 2.dolsingh pawar of village...
Grand Maratha Foundation distributed relief aid on 23/10/2015 to widows of farmers who committed suicide last week after crop failure due to dry spell and climate change effect in the region. The relief aid was given to: 1. Vithal Madikuntawar of village Pimpri in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. 2. Kalavatibai...
Nagpur: The state government appointed task force on farm distress has suggested that farmers be given a grant equivalent to 100 days' wages from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGA) scheme so as to meet the rising costs of agriculture labour. Kishore Tiwari, director general of the Vasantrao Naik...
NAGPUR: Even as only a handful of villages have been declared drought-hit in Vidarbha, the region's farmers are staring at a major crop failure, says Kishore Tiwari, who now heads the Vasantrao Naik Shetkari Swalamban Mission (VNSSM). Tiwari is the first farm activist to be appointed as VNSSM director, since...
विदर्भात प्रचंड नापिकीमुळे कृषी संकट अधिक गंभीर : विदर्भाच्या शेतकऱ्यांना तात्काळ दिलासा देण्यासाठी शेतकरी मिशनचे प्रमुख किशोर तिवारींचे सरकारला निवेदन दिनांक -१८ ऑक्टोबर २०१५ सप्टेंबरपासुन बेपत्ता झालेल्या पावसाने विदर्भातील खरीप हंगामाच्या पिकांना म्हणावे तसे योगदान दिले नाही, तूर, मूग, उडीद, तिळ आदी पिके शेतकऱ्यांच्या शेतातुन भूईसपाट झाली आहेत सोयाबिन पिकाने...
As part of our Vidarbha Farmers Empowerment Project, Grand Maratha Foundation conducted food and seed distribution function on 15th august 2015. The food grains and seeds were distributed to Farm widows and Farmers from Vidarbha Region. Mr. Kishor Tiwari had distributed the seeds and food grains to the Farm widows...
Nagpur: National crime records bureau (NCRB), for the first time in its 29-year history, has collected and released a data on farmers' suicide in India citing its 'paramount importance'. The data places Maharashtra on top for the highest numbers of farmers' suicides in 2014, followed by Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh...
On 23rd July 2015, Grand Maratha Foundation has donated a Computer to Yeor Municipal School, to enable Computer education and e-learning through Internet. On behalf of Grand Maratha Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Shelatkar donated one set of Computer with UPS to school officials. (more…)
Grand Maratha foundation arranged the distribution of Seed of Pluses and Cotton to 110 Vidarbha Farm Widows of Pandharkodha Village in Yavatmal on 20th June, 2015. (more…)
While politicians discuss ways to tackle the agrarian crisis in the Maharashtra legislature, farmer suicides continue unabated in Vidarbha. Six more suicides have been reported in just the past 24 hours. With these, the toll in Vidarbha has risen to 38 this month and 826 since the start of the...
