Overview
- An AIKS-CPI(M) delegation met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after a lengthy Mantralaya session with five ministers, the chief secretary and senior officials.
- Organisers say the government agreed to re-examine all Forest Rights Act claims via SDO-led district committees within three months, with an implementation panel and e‑crop surveys.
- Reported steps include procurement and bonuses for tribal crops, a draft law to transfer temple lands to cultivators, and plans for check dams to retain west‑flowing river water for local use.
- Leaders also cited assurances to begin PESA recruitment up to the court‑mandated limit, review shifting night farm power to daytime, repair remote tribal schools and raise meal workers’ honorariums.
- The march has entered Thane district after roughly 60 km on foot and is halted near Bhatsa junction, with ministers slated to brief protesters before a decision on withdrawing or proceeding to Mumbai in early February.