Maharashtra

The government of Maharashtra recently has rolled out a program for the widows of the state. Mission Vatsalya (MV) has been inaugurated by the state minister to provide financial assistance to women who have lost their husbands due to Covid-19. Men are primarily the breadwinner of the family. Because of ...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra agriculture minister Pandurang Fundkar today said the state government’s loan waiver scheme will be implemented from October 15. “Maharashtra government will transfer sanctioned loan amount to farmers’ accounts, who are eligible for waiver. The transfer of loan waiver amount will start from October 15,” Mr Fundkar told PTI ...

NEW DELHI: ‘Lakhpati tribal kisans’ have started emerging in Jharkhand, Gujarat, Odisha and Maharashtra in the last two years, thanks to the farm initiatives of Tata Trusts in 450 villages. The boost in farm income has been possible with the Trusts educating and training tribal households in small groups on ...

Mumbai: Amidst demands of farm loan waiver in Maharashtra, the State government has announced ‘Advanced Farming – Enriched Farmer’ scheme, with an aim to increase farmers’ income by cutting production cost and increasing the output. The scheme will be launched in the upcoming kharif season. Under the initiative, the government ...

Maharashtra has become the first state to adopt Fly Ash Utilisation Policy, paving way for prosperity by generating “wealth from waste”, and environment protection. “Maharashtra Cabinet approves a policy for 100 per cent use of fly ash generated from thermal power plants and biogas plants for construction activities“. This fly ...

PM inaugurated International Conference and Exhibition on Sugarcane Value Chain – Vision 2025 Sugar – at Pune. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated the International Conference and Exhibition on Sugarcane Value Chain – Vision 2025 Sugar – at Pune. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that we ...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra is converting forty-two state-of-the-art cyber crime labs into cyber police areas, as part of the BJP-led government’s programme to take on hackers or cyber criminals. “Maharashtra is the first state in the country which will have a cyber police station in each district simultaneously”, Home Department told to ...

Objectives: To increase productivity of rainfed cotton farming in Vidarbha region through rainwater harvesting, intensive irrigation and better crop management; To bring maximum cotton growing area under protective irrigation and better soil moisture regime through in-situ and ex-situ conservation measures; To augment/ restore/renovate existing minor/ small scale irrigation resources through ...

The Finance Minister of Maharashtra on Friday presented the state budget for the financial year with a corpus of Rs. 25,000 crore allotting to the agricultural sector of the state. The budget has initially announced for a deficit of Rs. 3,757 crore but revised it to Rs. 9,209 crore on ...

With a view to ensure more participation in the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) civil services examination, the state government of Maharashtra has come up with a new initiative to provide Rs. 10,000/- monthly scholarship to aspirants. According to sources, the state has six active coaching centres in Mumbai, Nagpur, ...