Rs 10 sugarcane FRP hike: Small raise, big questions for farmers and millsFarmers call the hike inadequate while industry warns of rising cane arrears
12 May, 2026, 08.56 AM IST
Maharashtra farmers send onion parcel to PM Modi to protest drop in prices"Our demand is the Union government must immediately lift the ban on the export of onions and other agricultural produce. This will help op...
07 Mar, 2023, 09.12 AM IST
Centre and farmers must find middle ground: SC panel memberShetkari Sanghatana president Anil Ghanwat, who is part of a three-member committee set up by the SC to look into the farm laws, said the f...
09 Sep, 2021, 06.34 AM IST
Panel members to keep aside personal views on farm laws: GhanwatThe Supreme Court had set up the four-member panel on January 11, but one of them, Bhupinder Singh Mann, recused himself later after questi...
19 Jan, 2021, 02.46 PM IST
SC panel on farm laws lacks expertise, representation: Bharatiya Kisan SanghThe members of the panel are agricultural economist Ashok Gulati, BKU president Bhupinder Singh Maan, policy expert Pramod Joshi and Shetka...
12 Jan, 2021, 11.48 PM IST
Congress allots Sangli LS seat in Maharashtra to ally Swabhimani Shetkari SanghatanaCongress leader Satej Patil told that Vishal Patil, younger brother of former party MP Pratik Patil, will be fielded as the SSS candidate f...
31 Mar, 2019, 01.12 PM IST
Maharashtra dairy farmers withdraw stir as government announces new rateFederation of dairy farmers, led by Shetti-headed Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, have been protesting in parts of the state seeking higher...
19 Jul, 2018, 11.56 PM IST
How Pasha Patel is helping farmers align their demands with those of industryPasha Patel heads a group that has the mandate to recommend remunerative prices for agri commodities. He is the single point of contact whe...
07 Jul, 2018, 02.24 PM IST
Farmers' outfit Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana keen to join hands with Shiv Sena if it quits NDAThe Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, headed by Shetti, had last year pulled out of the NDA and the 'Mahayuti' (grand alliance) in Maharashtr...
27 Jun, 2018, 01.53 PM IST
Devendra Fadnavis condoles Sharad Joshi's demise"Saddened by the demise of an advocate, an activist and a leader of farmers, an economist Sharad Joshi," Fadnavis said.
12 Dec, 2015, 03.10 PM IST
Farmers' leaders meet Arun Jaitley on land billFarmer leaders including NDA ally Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana met Arun Jaitley demanding restoring the consent clause in the land bill.
10 Jun, 2015, 09.27 PM IST
Shiv Sena-BJP seat sharing talks positive: Maharashtra BJP chief Devendra FadnavisAfter coming to power, the Mahayuti government would review decisions taken by the NCP government after the LS polls earlier this year, Fad...
10 Sep, 2014, 08.06 PM IST
Maharashtra farmers to protest against government's attempt to keep onion prices lowFarmers and traders had expected onion prices to increase in October, giving them good returns like in the previous year.
10 Sep, 2014, 08.58 AM IST
BJP & Shiv Sena join hands with Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana in MaharashtraMP and President of SSS Raju Shetty declared that there was an agreement between him and the Sena-BJP to take on the Congress-NCP as a unit...
08 Jan, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
Setback to AAP plans as Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana joins Sena-BJP led combineSwabhimaani Shetkari Sanghatana, led by Lok Sabha member Raju Shetty today joined the Shiv Sena-BJP-led opposition alliance.
07 Jan, 2014, 07.13 PM IST
- Munde backs Dharia, puts Cong in a fix
Veteran Congress leader and Gandhian Mohan Dharia, who is on an indefinite fast in Pune to demand a debt waiver for Vidarbha farmers, got a...
17 Nov, 2006, 01.35 AM IST
- NCP backs sugar factories, opposes farmers' protest
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has predictably come out in the open to protect sugar factories from a possible hike in the price of s...
10 Nov, 2006, 01.04 AM IST