Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 2 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said the state government has decided to immediately stop the drive of disconnecting power supply of farmers who failed to clear their dues.
Madhya Pradesh government is planning to present the Madhya Pradesh Cooperative Society (Amendment) ordinance 2021 in the upcoming Budget Session which would start from 22 February.
The amendment will bring about major changes in the operation of cooperative banks of the state and in loan recovery from farmers, according to media reports. These provisions will come into effect from 1st April, say sources.
Cooperative experts said that when the amendments are passed in the Assembly, the state government will not have to take permission of the RBI to open branches of cooperative banks. The officials of the cooperative department said the Central Government has amended the Banking Regulation Act, based on which the Cooperative Act is to be amended in the state.
Three weeks after the world s largest Covid-19 vaccination programme kicked off in India, a major section of the population is hesitant to take the jab. A recent survey by LocalCircles, however, showed that vaccine hesitancy in India has dropped by 16 per cent within a month and now, 42 per cent Indians are willing to get inoculated. This number is expected to go up to 65 per cent if senior government leaders go for the shot themselves. What is more interesting is that 39 per cent of hesitant citizens are willing to take the Covid-19 jab if senior leaders in Central and State government (Members of Parliament, and Members of Legislative Assembly) lead by example.
New Delhi, January 1
Thousands of farmers dug in their heels at protest venues outside several Delhi gateways, undeterred by the biting cold and firm in their resolve to not return home till their demands are met, as the New Year dawned with the minimum temperature dipping to 1.1 degrees Celsius.
The government and the farm unions had reached some common ground on Wednesday to resolve the protesting farmers concerns over the rise in power tariff and penalties for stubble burning, but the two sides remained deadlocked over the main contentious issues of the repeal of three farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP.
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