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Thursday, February 26, 2026
TopicMaharashtra farmers

Topic: Maharashtra farmers

New Maharashtra govt outreach to curb farmer suicides requires officials to spend time at farms

For 3 months starting September, officials involved in implementing policies impacting agriculture & farmers will spend 1-to-3 days each month with farmers to understand difficulties faced by them.

Maharashtra farmers are asserting their freedom by celebrating HTBt cotton crop harvest 

‘Skill India', 'Make in India' and 'Ease of doing business' have nothing to offer farmers. Every aspect of agriculture in India is tied up in regulations.

Cows may rescue India from sugar glut with Maharashtra’s farmers selling it as fodder

Months of dry weather has caused a shortage of fodder, boosting prices and prompting Maharashtra farmers to sell sugarcane as cattle feed.

What’s the fuss over the new variety of GM cotton that farmers are batting for

Farmers planted the illegal HTBt cotton in Maharashtra last month, saying they wanted ‘independence’. Here’s all you need to know about the controversy.

Maharashtra farmers find support in BJP MP for movement against GM crop ban

Ramdas Tadas, BJP MP from Wardha who has raised the issue in Lok Sabha, said farmers should have the right to choose what to sow in their fields.

More Maharashtra farmers demand GM seeds: Is Indian policy dictated by politics or science?

Maharashtra farmers’ protest movement in favour of GM seeds has now spread to 11 districts.

Why the 26% rise in crop loan disbursement in Maharashtra isn’t great news

Despite an overall rise, fresh crop loans disbursed in Vidarbha and Marathwada, two regions battling the deepest agrarian crisis, are still tepid.

These Indian farmers are using Whatsapp and Facebook to demand GM seeds technology

The Shetkari Sanghatana is circulating posts and organising conferences where farmers share knowledge of GM crops even as the state cracks down on use of unapproved variants of GM cotton.

Challenge for Maharashtra collectors: Fulfil promises to farmers, get good appraisals

To keep its word to ‘kisan long march’ farmers, the Devendra Fadnavis govt has made settling claims under Forest Rights Act part of collectors’ KRAs.

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Pew’s religious diversity study is producing perverse results

Pew’s survey on religious diversity around the world is interesting, but simply lacks enough nuance to warrant serious consideration.

In 1st budget under BJP mayor in 44 yrs, BMC hikes outlay to Rs 81k crore, focus on big-ticket infra

India's richest civic body’s outlay is 8.77% higher than last year’s, with the biggest allocation being made for infra growth. BMC also proposed an AI boost to its service delivery.

What to expect on the defence front as Modi embarks on Israel visit, second since 2017

The two sides will sign a framework agreement on defence cooperation that will allow companies from both sides to collaborate deeper.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.