Mumbai, Oct 30 (PTI) The Maharashtra government on Thursday appointed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ Principal Economic Adviser Pravin Pardeshi as head of a high-level committee to recommend short-term and long-term measures aimed at freeing farmers from recurring debt trap and improving their living standards.

A government resolution (GR) said the committee will study and suggest reforms to bring “transformative change” in the farm sector and in the lives of cultivators who continue to fall into debt despite multiple loan waiver schemes.

The panel will include senior officials from the revenue, finance, agriculture, and cooperation departments, along with representatives from the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, and the Information and Technology Department, t

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