In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at Sahyadri Guest House, ministers discussed planning for the crushing season of 2017-18. The state government has decided to deduct Rs 4 per tonne from sugar mills towards the chief minister's relief fund during the 2017-18 cane crushing season, which will begin from November 1. In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at Sahyadri Guest House, ministers discussed planning for the crushing season of 2017-18. The meeting approved the decision to provide Rs 4 per tonne towards chief minister's relief fund. Minister for Cooperation Subhash Deshmukh, Minister for Agriculture Pandurang Fundkar, Power Minister Chandrashekhar Bavankule and Minister of state (MoS) for Finance Deepak Kesarkar were present at the meeting.

Source: dna September 21, 2017 03:00 UTC