Vegetables, milk rates surge in Maharashtra as strike bites

Prices of vegetables and milk jumped more than 50 per cent in major cities across Maharashtra on Friday, the second day of a strike by farmers demanding debt relief and higher prices for their produce. 

The farmers want India's second-most-populous state to grant a waiver on their loans, similar to the $5.6 billion in debt forgiveness announced by Uttar Pradesh in April. 

"We received just 10 per cent of supplies compared to normal. Prices of some vegetables have more than doubled," said Vilas Bhujbal, a trader based in the information and technology hub of Pune. 

Farmers stopped sending fruit, vegetables