गेल्या वर्षी झालेली अतिवृष्टी, गारपीट आणि यंदा मान्सून सुरू झाल्यानंतर पाऊस नसल्यामुळे विदर्भातील २० लाखांवर आदिवासी कुटुंबे उपासमारीला तोंड देत आहे. आदिवासी शेतकरी दुबार पेरणीच्या संकटात आहेत. शेतमजूर रोजगार नसल्यामुळे नैराश्याच्या गर्तेत सापडले आहेत. मागील वर्षी आत्महत्याग्रस्त शेतकऱ्यांमध्ये आदीवासी भूमिहीन मक्तेदार वा बटाईदार शेतकऱ्यांच्या समावेश मोठ्या प्रमाणात असुन यावर स्व.वसंतराव...
Vasantrao Naik Shetkari Swavalmban Mission (VNSSM), a state government agency on farmers, has mooted a project to market Yavatmal's own brand of dal. The plan will be implemented through a donation of Rs25 lakh, given by Mumbai-based NGO — Grand Maratha for Baliraja Chetana Abhiyan. The Abhiyan is a drive...
The Grand Maratha Foundation has extended aid for a community project designed to help farmers' widows in Pandharkawda in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, an official said here on Tuesday. The project, 'Dal Mill and Packaging Unit' costing around Rs 2.50 million, will provide livelihood to more than 200 widows in the...
Good afternoon everybody. Thank you for having me here and sharing my views while we celebrate our socio-cultural heritage and remember our glorious past. Marathas have been leaders in various areas in the past but a noticeable difference between the historically known image of the Marathi manus and the present...
* बळीराजा चेतना अभियानांतर्गत मुंबईच्या ग्रँड मराठा फाऊंडेशनचा उपक्रम यवतमाळ, दि. 16 : जिल्ह्यात सुरु असलेल्या बळीराजा चेतना अभियानांतर्गत मुंबईच्या ग्रँड मराठा फाऊंडेशतर्फे जिल्ह्यातील ग्रामीण महिला स्वयंसहाय्यता प्रकल्पाला 25 लक्ष रुपयांचा निधी देण्यात येणार आहे. पांढरकवडा येथील कै. वसंतराव नाईक शेतकरी स्वावलंबन मिशन प्रकल्पाच्या कार्यक्रमात सदर घोषणा करण्यात आली. यावेळी...
MUMBAI: Maharashtra has a strong presence in the Union cabinet, but there is only one secretary-rank officer in the central bureaucracy. Sanjeevani Kutty, a 1983-batch IAS officer, is one of the secretaries in the Union home ministry headed by Rajnath Singh. Maharashtra leaders—Nitin Gadkari, Suresh Prabhu, Anant Gite, Prakash Jawdekar,...
It's a paradox. The year that saw Maharashtra recording the best ever performance in agricultural growth also turned out to be unhappiest for its farmers. Seeking better prices for produce and a loan waiver, farmers in parts of the state took to streets. Political pressure mounted by all non-BJP parties...
Many famous Indian personalities have consider farmer as our "BHAGYA VIDHATA" But unfortunately it's the farmer who is in most turbulence state due to lackluster policies of every government in India. Farmer never got his right in term of price of crop and the technology the countries have adopted .Till...
"It feels very sad & pity to know that the number of farmers committing suicide are going on a higher side. Being in an economy where agriculture is the main backbone & the people who are into this occupation perform such instinct, makes me feel very low. I came to...