Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Pandurang Fundkar dead due to cardiac arrest

The senior BJP leader was three-term MP, former president of Maharashtra party unit.

Agriculture minister rues unspent funds

The minister referred to concerns raised by farmers about subsidies of various schemes.

Opposition leader Dhananjay Munde raised this issue in the council house, asking the government to postpone the deadline.

Southwest monsoon provides relief to major grain-producing areas in state.

The government has decided to import new varieties of grapes and cultivate them in the state.

Opposition parties have slammed Mr Fundkar for taking the trip, calling it ‘insensitive’ whereas the government backed his decision.

Mr Fundkar and even parliamentary affairs minister Vinod Tawde did not mention when exactly the government would announce the decision.