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TOI : PUNE: Reeling under a heavy financial crunch, the wine producers in the state are demanding a Rs 250-crore stimulus package from the state government.

The Nashik Valley Wine Producers Association, representing all the 66 wineries in Maharashtra, would submit their demands to the state cabinet, which is scheduled to meet in Nashik from Wednesday.

The convenor of the association, Manoj Jagtap, told TOI: “The economic slowdown and the stringent laws varying from state to state have badly affected the wine industry, which was flourishing till two years ago. The sale has fallen drastically. Of the total production of 3,15,64,000 litres of wine last year, 2,11,28,254 litres is still lying unsold. Many wineries do not have space to store such a huge stock.”

Jagtap added that, “As the producers have not yet recovered their investments, they are unable to purchase grapes, which is going to affect wineries as well as grape growers.”

One of the major demands of the association is a 50 per cent subsidy from the government on the project cost of wineries. As the total investment of wine producers in the state is around Rs 500 crore, the subsidy will amount to Rs 250 crore, Jagtap said.

“It will bring liquidity to the wineries, which could be invested in fresh procurement of grapes, as well as for further marketing of wine across the country.

Recently, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has brought down the value added tax on wine bottles from 20 per cent to four per cent. “This will help the wineries in long run, but it will not create liquidity in the industry. Hence, the association is demanding a stimulus package,” Jagtap said.

“The state government should also ask banks to return the 13 per cent interest charged on loans to wineries, which will also generate some liquidity. The interest rate for new loans should be four to…More

TOI : PUNE: Reeling under a heavy financial crunch, the wine producers in the state are demanding a Rs 250-crore stimulus package from the state government.

The Nashik Valley Wine Producers Association, representing all the 66 wineries in Maharashtra, would submit their demands to the state cabinet, which is scheduled to meet in Nashik from Wednesday.

The convenor of the association, Manoj Jagtap, told TOI: “The economic slowdown and the stringent laws varying from state to state have badly affected the wine industry, which was flourishing till two years ago. The sale has fallen drastically. Of the total production of 3,15,64,000 litres of wine last year, 2,11,28,254 litres is still lying unsold. Many wineries do not have space to store such a huge stock.”

Jagtap added that, “As the producers have not yet recovered their investments, they are unable to purchase grapes, which is going to affect wineries as well as grape growers.”

One of the major demands of the association is a 50 per cent subsidy from the government on the project cost of wineries. As the total investment of wine producers in the state is around Rs 500 crore, the subsidy will amount to Rs 250 crore, Jagtap said.

“It will bring liquidity to the wineries, which could be invested in fresh procurement of grapes, as well as for further marketing of wine across the country.

Recently, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has brought down the value added tax on wine bottles from 20 per cent to four per cent. “This will help the wineries in long run, but it will not create liquidity in the industry. Hence, the association is demanding a stimulus package,” Jagtap said.

“The state government should also ask banks to return the 13 per cent interest charged on loans to wineries, which will also generate some liquidity. The interest rate for new loans should be four to…More

TOI : PUNE: Due to repair works at the Pune Cantonment and Wadgaon water treatment plants, the following areas of the city will not receive water on Thursday (July 23): Yerawada, Alandi road, Nagpur chawl, Jail road, Kalyaninagar, Wadgaon Sheri, Nagar road, Sangamwadi and Vishrantwadi.

In addition, water supply to Wadgaon Budruk, Wadgaon Dhayari, Sinhagad road, Taljai, Dhankawadi, Katraj, Ambegaon, Kedareshwar, Katraj-Kondhwa road, Sukhsagarnagar and Kondhwa will also be closed on Thursday. More Stories from this section Teachers’ protest hits re-evaluation workCome monsoon, and it’s time to head for a trekGovt invokes ESMA against Mahavitaran employees strikeNo …More

TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More

TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More

TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More

TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More

TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More

TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More

TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More