Maharashtra Cabinet approves farm loan waiver, meal scheme for poor

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

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.