Thousands Of Maharashtra Farmers March To Mumbai Over Onion Price Woes, Loan Waiver Demand

Hundreds of farmers from numerous districts of Maharashtra are marching from Nashik to Mumbai to focus on their issues, significantly over onion costs and waiving off Kisan loans. The Maharashtra authorities has deputed two ministers to carry talks with them. 

On Thursday, the federal government is ready to carry one other spherical of talks with a delegation representing hundreds of farmers and tribals, stated former MLA Jiva Gavit, who’s spearheading the march, as reported by the information company PTI.

Unorganised sector staff in addition to ASHA or neighborhood well being staff have additionally joined the march.

Right here Are All The Calls for Acknowledged By The Protesting Farmers:

• The farmers have demanded a subsidy of Rs 600 per quintal for onions from the Maharashtra authorities and discover all prospects of exporting onions in bulk. The farmers have additionally demanded the state authorities to purchase onion in bulk by way of Nationwide Agricultural Cooperative Advertising and marketing Federation of India on the lowest value of Rs 2,000 solely.
• Land must be given within the title of the tribals who’ve been plowing the land for years and who’ve forest land as much as 4 hectares of their possession at 7/12. The 7/12 extract or Utara is an extract from that land register and consists of full details about agriculture land in a rural space of Maharashtra. The farmers have additionally demanded that the state authorities ought to settle for ineligible claims of tribals. 
• The farmers have additionally demanded the state authorities to waive off further electrical energy payments and guarantee electrical energy to them for atleast 12 hours a day.
• The farmers have demanded to clear 7/12 of the farmers by waiving all the agriculture mortgage. The income division of the Maharashtra authorities maintains 7/12 & 8A Utara data. The Utara (bhumi abhilekh from mahabhulekh) gives info of the survey variety of the land, land proprietor title, the world of the land, the kind of cultivation (irrigated / rain fed).
• Of their calls for, the farmers have requested for speedy compensation from NDRF for crop injury as a result of unseasonal rains and pure calamities that proceed all year long. They’ve additionally requested the state authorities to manage the loot of crop insurance coverage firms and compel them to compensate crop insurance coverage holders for losses.
• Set up an impartial system for normal inspection of milk and weighbridges used for inspection of milk. Appoint Milcometer Inspector. Implement FRP and income sharing coverage for milk. Give the minimal value of cow milk Rs 47 and the minimal value of buffalo milk Rs 67.
• Cease the ‘conspiracy’ to scale back the costs of soyabean, cotton, arhar and gram crops. Give compensation to the affected farmers on the traces of Kerala. The farmers additionally demanded a correct rehabilitation for the victims of Navi Mumbai airport challenge .
• Implement outdated pension scheme for presidency staff who’re recruited after 2005. Apply the pay scale to the workers of the Social Welfare Division as properly. Give 100% grant to partially aided colleges.
• In view of the present inflation, the farmers have sought a rise within the subsidy of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for poor farmers, agricultural laborers, labourers, slum dwellers from Rs. 1 lakh 40 thousand to five lakh from Rs. 5 lakh and likewise conduct a brand new survey of disadvantaged poor beneficiaries and embrace their names in checklist ‘D’
• Improve the quantity of outdated age pension and particular monetary help scheme relevant to senior residents of Maharashtra and others to at the least Rs 4000.
• Resume the sale of meals grains with free meals grains on ration playing cards each month. Fill vacancies in authorities jobs. The farmers additionally demanded a rise within the wage price to Rs 26000 and regularisation of contract staff.