Overview

• Kadu ended his seven-day hunger strike after Uday Samant delivered a letter from Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule outlining government assurances
• The committee, to be formed within 15 days of the cabinet decision, will examine complete farm loan waiver proposals plus measures for new crop loans and a moratorium on recoveries
• Officials pledged to increase monthly honorarium for persons with disabilities in the supplementary budget to be presented on June 30
• Kadu set October 2 as the deadline for a formal waiver announcement, warning he may resume protests if the government fails to comply
• Opposition figures labeled the committee a delaying tactic that betrays the Mahayuti alliance’s election promise of blanket farm loan waivers