Once again new NDA Govt. has failed to give any healing touch in his policy road map budget -2015 distressed 3 million dry land farmers which are growing cash crop like cotton and soybean in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra as there is no announcement of fulfilling PM Narendra Modi pre-poll...
Debt-hit farmers of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region have accused the BJP of treating the issue of minimum support prices (MSP) and waiver of farm loans as a 'jumla' (empty election promise) and demanded that the government seek a fresh mandate, an NGO said here on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
Grand Maratha Foundation distributed relief aid to Vidarbha farm widows on 16 and 17 February 2015. Mr. Kishor Tiwari distributed the relief aid on behalf of Grand Maratha Foundation.
NAGPUR: Reports collated by farm activist Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti claimed that four more farmers had committed suicide in last two days in the region. While there was no independent official conformation of these case, Tiwari said that there was a jump in agrarian distress as relief...
Families of nearly half of the farmers in Maharashtra who have committed suicide over the last four years are not eligible to get even the paltry Rs 1 lakh compensation thanks to government rules. Maharashtra, along with Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, AP, Chhattisgarh and MP, registers a high number of...
On 31st January 2015 Grand Maratha Foundation has provided relief aid to agrarian crisis hit family of cotton farmer Vijay Mahadure (Age 35). On behalf of Grand Maratha Foundation Mr. Kishor Tiwari distributed the relief aid.
Grand Maratha Foundation distributed to Vidarbha farm widows on new year day 1st Jan 2015. Ashbai Lakde, a Farm Widow to whom Grand Maratha Foundation has donated a picco-fall machine, now she has been empowered to earn at least Rs. 500 per day. Aruna Kapse and her three daughters of...
Grand Maratha Foundation had conducted Help and Empowerment Training Camp at Kolam Tribal Pod Tad Umari to disburse relief and help to Tribal People specifically for physically handicapped. (more…)
As part of Vidarbha Farmers Empowerment Project 2014, Grand Maratha Foundation conducted 'Farm Widows Meet' at Nagpur on 4th November 2014, as an initiative for healing touch to dying farm widows and family. Mr. Rohit Shelatkar, of Grand Maratha Foundation was the chief guest at the function.
Another ‘Black Diwali’ for Vidarbha farmers as six more farmers suicides reported on ‘Diwali Eve’ –PM urged to intervene worsening Agrarian Crisis Complete cotton and soybean crop failure coupled with massive recession in cotton and soybean market price trading much below hostile minimum support prices (MSP) has added fuel in...
