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Maharashtra Cabinet approves farm loan waiver, meal scheme for poor

Shiv Sena gave green signal for a subsidized meal scheme for the poor.

Uddhav Thackeray
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Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray is the choice of the Sena-NCP-Cong alliance to lead the new government. File Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India
Less than a month after taking charge, the Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra on Tuesday approved the farm loan waiver scheme announced last week and also gave its nod to a subsidised meal scheme for the poor.
 
The state cabinet approved the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Farmer Loan Waiver Scheme, under which crop arrears pending till September 30, 2019, will be waived.     
 

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