Write about the event of "Maharashtra Farmer's Rally to State legislature" and how it was covered in various types of media.
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Thousands of farmers in Maharashtra have marched from Nashik to Mumbai to demand benefits from the government. Led by All Indian Kisan Sabha (AIKS), a farmer organisation affiliated to CPI(M), they are camping in Azad Maidan and plan to gherao the state assembly. They marched overnight into Mumbai to avoid obstruction of traffic during the day. This gesture has got them sympathy from many Mumbaikers.
What are their demands?
The main demands of the farmers are a complete waiver of farm loan and of power bills, better prices for crops, pension scheme for farmers, implementation of the Swaminathan Commission recommendations on minimum support price and proper implementation of laws governing forest produce.
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Didn't the government provide a loan waiver last year?
Yes. Last year, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a Rs 34,022 crore loan waiver scheme for 89 lakh farmers. But not all the farmers were eligible for it. Also, the implementation of loan waiver has been patchy. Less than half of the targeted farmers have been offered the waiver even more than six months after the scheme was announced. The protesting farmers demand a complete and unconditional loan waiver.
What's wrong with Maharashtra agriculture?
Crops have been destroyed on a large scale due to unpredictable weather and poor rainfall. The Economic Survey of Maharashtra has projected a negative agriculture growth at 8.3 per cent for financial year 2017-18 on account of decreased production of food-grains, pulses and cotton crops.
Droughts, inadequate pricing policies and poor water management have hit agriculture in the
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The participants are mostly from Thane, Bhusawal and Marathwada regions demanding compensation for drought and the transfer of forest rights to tribals, thousands of farmers and tribals began a two a day march from Thane to Mumbai on Wednesday, eight months after a similar protest that started from Nashik.
Magsaysay award winner Dr Rajendra Singh, also known as Waterman of India, is among the marchers. They started walking Wednesday afternoon and will reach the Somaiyya Ground in Mumbai's Sion area where they will halt for the night.
They will reach Azad Maidan in south Mumbai early on Thursday and will try to hold a demonstration near Vidhan Bhawan, where the state legislature session is underway, a leader of the march said.
The participants are mostly from Thane, Bhusawal and Marathwada regions, he said.
The farmers are demanding implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report, which suggested that farmers must have assured access and control over resources such as land and water. They are also demanding an increase in the Minimum Support Price and a judicial system to ensure its implementation.
The farmers, struggling to cope with the agrarian crisis, are demanding proper implementation of the loan waiver package announced by the BJP-led government in the state last year, land rights for farmers and compensation for farm labourers.
"We have been consistently asking the state government to fulfil our long-standing demands but the response has been lukewarm. We are forced to launch this agitation," said Pratibha Shinde, general secretary of Lok Sangharsh Morcha, which is organising the protest.
"We are taking maximum care to ensure that Mumbai citizens are not inconvenienced," Shinde said.
In March, thousands of farmers, led by the Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha, took out a 180 km long march from Nashik to Mumbai in March to press for their demands.
That protest saw a sea of red, formed by farmers in red caps, converge in Mumbai from across Maharashtra.
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