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Fadnavis announces Rs.7,000 crore aid for drought-hit farmers

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Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Thursday announced a total aid package of Rs.7,000 crore for the state’s debt-hit farmers.

Announcing the relief in the state legislature here, he also said the government will “take over” the private loans of around half a million farmers mainly in Vidarbha and Marathwada, the worst affected regions of the state reeling under a severe drought.

“We shall prepare a detailed plan on this aspect and shall ensure that the farmers can avail of institutional finance, as loans are the major cause of suicides,” Fadnavis said.

The farmers in these regions would also be entitled to waiver of electricity bills for three months, besides restructuring of existing farm loans, he said.

An amount of Rs.3,925 crore will be spent for the drought-hit farmers in around 20,000 villages and the government proposes to make 5,000 villages “drought-free” within a year, he added.

A central team will arrive here Dec 14-15 for an assessment of the drought situation in the state following the Fadnavis government’s demand for a suitable aid package.

Last month, the state government had demanded a central aid of Rs.4,000 crore for the drought hit regions where over 1,400 farmers have committed suicide in the past six months.

Earlier this morning over 500 debt-hit farmers, under the banner of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, burnt copies of the Bharatiya Janata Party manifesto and flayed the government for reneging on its promises of aid to the farming community.

Meanwhile, the opposition Congress and Nationalist Congress Party criticized the aid package terming it as inadequate and lacking clarity on many aspects.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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