date:Feb 04, 2020
t as the bananas are not included in the category of fruits. As a result, the farmers have to bear the plantation cost, the transportation cost and still provide the fruit at a competitive price to stand in the market, said Dnyandev Mahajan, president of 'Mahabanana', the Jalgaon-based state-level association of banana growers.
Mahajan also pointed out that the government has the scheme of taking up plantations of fruits through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREG