Articles by Surendra P Gangan
Maharashtra government to buy new chopper for Devendra Fadnavis and governor
Mumbai city news: The decision was taken after two helicopters were grounded and private agencies suspended from flying the CM and other VIPs.
Updated on Jul 14, 2017 09:21 AM IST
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Surendra P GanganMaharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis asks Centre to increase import duty on oil seeds
Mumbai city news: The market rate of soyabean has fallen to Rs2,700 from Rs2,900 a quintal against the minimum support price of Rs 3,050 a quintal
Published on Jul 13, 2017 11:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Congress and Shiv Sena up the ante against Maharashtra government for blanket loan waiver
Mumbai city news: Things, however, took an ugly turn after workers from the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed during the march. Cases have been registered against Congress workers.
Updated on Jul 13, 2017 11:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Maharashtra government announces free insurance scheme for legislators and their families
Mumbai city news: The government will have to set aside Rs9.96 crore a year to pay the insurance premiums of 335 sitting legislators and 837 former legislators — 1,172 in all.
Updated on Jul 13, 2017 11:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Amarnath yatra attack: 2 from Maharashtra dead, 3 injured; CM condemns ‘cowardly’ act
Mumbai city news: In a series of tweets, Fadnavis said the injured are under treatment at a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir
Updated on Jul 11, 2017 11:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Maharashtra Congress all set for overhaul, to get new and young faces ahead of 2019 polls
Mumbai city news: The plan is to induct at least 50% new and young faces as block-level office-bearers.
Updated on Jul 11, 2017 10:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Pre-GST discounts get Maharashtra 16% more sales tax in three months
Mumbai city news: The rise in sales tax revenue will help the state achieve its annual target of Rs1.9 lakh crore from tax revenue
Published on Jul 10, 2017 12:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Mumbai inmate’s murder: Maharashtra government seeks report on prison DIG episode
Mumbai city news: DIG (prisons) Swati Sathe sent messages through a social networking group to jail officials to support the arrested employees of Byculla jail. ster of state for home Ranjit Patil said that additional director-general of prison BK Upadhyay had been asked to inquire about the episode and submit a report.
Updated on Jul 10, 2017 08:23 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Maharashtra govt doesnt pay three months’ salary to panel that probed Eknath Khadse
Mumbai city news: The committee’s term,however, had technically ended on March 31, as the government had delayed to extend it for the sixth time. So, the finance department denied Zoting and his assistant and retired district magistrate ML Chauhan their salaries for three months.
Published on Jul 07, 2017 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Maharashtra government expands scope of loan waiver, 3-4lakh more farmers to benefit
Mumbai city news: The government countered Opposition criticism, saying the previous Congress-NCP dispensation too waived loans of Mumbai farmers.
Updated on Jul 11, 2017 12:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Now, Maharasthra voters can directly elect sarpanchs
Mumbai city news: The state cabinet decided to amend the Grampanchyat Act 1958 to make the direct election of village heads a reality.
Published on Jul 04, 2017 09:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Maharashtra minister’s father allegedly slaps, abuses school employee
According to sources, V N Patil, whose foundation runs a school, was visiting another school in the tehsil to check why children were enrolling there in large number and not in his school
Updated on Jul 05, 2017 09:19 AM IST
Press Trust of India | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
If we can share stage with maulanas, why not with Hindu priests, asks Congress’ Sanjay Nirupam
Mumbai city news: In the first meeting on Sunday morning, Nirupam said the cell was established to resolve the problems the Hindu temples and mutts and their priests were facing in the city.
Updated on Jul 03, 2017 01:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
GST: Mumbai traders fear losses due to ambiguity on inventories
Mumbai city news: Traders particularly from sugar and textiles industry fear losses owing to a higher GST rate on inventories and ambiguity on input tax credit.
Published on Jul 03, 2017 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Maharashtra traders complain of faulty registration process for GST, high taxes on goods
Mumbai city news: Many traders said they had not received their GST number, while others said they had difficulty registering with the GST Network
Updated on Jul 01, 2017 09:42 AM IST
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Surendra P GanganGoods and Services Tax to make eating out, automobiles costlier, multiplex tickets cheaper in Maharashtra
Mumbai city news: Movie tickets will be cheaper by Rs25 to Rs30 in Mumbai and Pune
Updated on Jul 01, 2017 10:52 AM IST
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Naresh Kamath and Surendra P GanganMumbai Congress plans ‘Tweet morcha’ to protest against additional charges levied by banks
Mumbai city news: Condemning the various charges levied by banks after demonetisation, the Congress has appealed to people to take to Twitter to raise their voice.
Updated on Jun 29, 2017 11:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
After loans, Maharashtra farmers now want state to waive ₹22,000 crore electricity dues
Mumbai city news: Dues worth Rs15,000 crore piled up since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Maharashtra in 2014
Updated on Jul 18, 2017 10:16 AM IST
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Surendra P GanganFarm loan waiver: Arun Jaitley offers Maharashtra no immediate financial relief
Mumbai city news: Mungantiwar sought Jaitley’s intervention to direct the RBI to allow nationalised banks to lend the state Rs34,000 crore with a staggered repayment schedule over four years so that it can repay farmers’ loans
Updated on Jun 29, 2017 12:27 AM IST
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Surendra P GanganMaharashtra farm loan waiver: Mungantiwar to meet Jaitley today for help to raise funds
Mumbai city news: The Maharashtra government, reeling under debt, wants to avoid paying the loan waiver for 40 lakh farmers at one go
Updated on Jun 28, 2017 01:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Farm loan waiver: Maharashtra to seek Centre’s help to raise ₹34,022 crore from banks
Mumbai city news: State finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar is scheduled to meet Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday to request his intervention to facilitate the loan from nationalized banks
Updated on Jun 28, 2017 01:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | , Mumbai
Surendra P GanganMaharashtra readies game plan for farm loan waiver
Mumbai city news: The state will train officials from its cooperation department and district on the required procedures to stop misappropriation of funds
Updated on Jul 11, 2017 09:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Mumbai
Surendra P GanganMumbai Congress sets up a cell of Hindu priests
Mumbai city news: The move was aimed at wooing the Congress’ traditional north Indian voters who switched to the BJP in the civic elections
Updated on Jun 26, 2017 10:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Maharashtra waives ₹34,022-crore farm loans, 89 lakh farmers to benefit
Mumbai city news: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the loan waiver was the “highest by any state in India’s history”
Updated on Jun 25, 2017 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Fadnavis announces farm loan waiver of ₹34,000 cr, 40 lakh Maharashtra farmers to be debt-free
Mumbai city news: The waiver will benefit a total of 89 lakh farmers in Maharashtra.
Updated on Jun 25, 2017 08:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
District cooperative banks across Maharashtra say they lost ₹230 crore, want government to help
Mumbai city news: The banks said that they could have paid the amount to account holders or could have gained from the loans that they could have disbursed in seven months
Published on Jun 24, 2017 10:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Mumbai
Surendra P GanganLoan waiver in Maharashtra: Farmers owe Rs8,840 crore to district cooperative banks
Mumbai city news: But the DCCBs, drowning under dues from farmers of Rs8,839.59 crore, are now insisting that this be cleared first
Updated on Jun 23, 2017 11:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Mumbai
Surendra P GanganMaharashtra relaxes eligibility rules for interim loans after farmers’ groups step up pressure
Mumbai city news: New government norms make 35 lakh more farmers eligible for the ₹10,000 loan to sow crops, and 65 lakh in all
Updated on Jun 24, 2017 10:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Mumbai
Surendra P GanganFarmers’ outfits in Maharashtra to oppose state government’s rules for loan waiver today
Mumbai city news: The core committee of the farmers’ organisation will first meet to discuss its stand over the parameters fixed by the government on Monday before its meeting with the ministerial group.
Updated on Jun 24, 2017 10:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Maharashtra liquor ban: Sale down 17% after Supreme Court ban, but excise income up 11%
Mumbai city news: About 65% of establishments selling alcohol were shut across the state, so govt was expecting much worse
Published on Jun 17, 2017 10:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai