Loan Waiver

Farmer commits suicide in Rajasthan; family members claim he was stressed because of debt

Whereas the family members claimed debt was behind Netram's suicide, Marudhara Gramin Bank manager Jagroop Singh denied the same, saying, "We haven't sent any bank notice to Netram in past few months; he is our regular customer, why would we bother our regular customers by sending a notice? His account currently holds Rs 3 lakh approximately."

Kamal Nath says loans of over 21 lakh MP farmers waived by his govt; Congress dumps 'proof' outside Shivraj Singh Chouhan's home

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday said crop loans of over 21 lakh farmers have been cleared so far by his government, and rejected the BJP's claim of the Congress not fulfilling its pre-poll promise on loan waiver.

Protesting farmers lift blockade from Delhi-Amritsar railway tracks after court directs Punjab govt to look into demands

Farmers squatting on the Amritsar-Delhi rail tracks called off their agitation following the intervention of the high court, which asked the state government to look into their demands

8 trains cancelled, 24 diverted as farmers block Amritsar-Delhi line; loan waiver, payment of sugarcane crop among key demands

Eight trains were cancelled and 24 were diverted on Tuesday as farmers continued their protest on the Amritsar-Delhi rail track in Jandiala in Amritsar

Loan waiver, income scheme for farmers attractive from political outlook, but will damage economy in long-term

In April 2017, Uttar Pradesh announced a farm loan waiver for small and marginal farmers costing Rs 36,400 crore.

Splurging money on mega welfare schemes sans planning not wise, govt should find a way to make them productive

This is where the government’s planners have evidently lost their sense of proportion, their perspective of right and wrong, and also of what is good for India.

Telangana Budget 2019: Govt presents Rs 1.82 lakh cr Vote on Account; fiscal deficit will decline to Rs 27,748 cr

The Telangana government proposed to waive all agriculture term loans up to Rs 1 lakh outstanding as on 11 December, 2018.

Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal announces 12 crore bonanza for distressed farmers, govt to give Rs 6,000 per year to buy inputs

The Centre announced direct income support of Rs 6,000 per year to farmers holding cultivable land up to two hectare, a move that would benefit 12 crore farmers and cost the exchequer Rs 75,000 crore annually

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh says his govt's loan waiver scheme is 'not enough' to alleviate farmers' sufferings

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday lashed out at the Central government for not helping agricultural labourers and farmers and acknowledged that his government's debt waiver scheme was not enough to assuage the sufferings of debt-ridden farmers.

Govt unlikely to get into a twist over budget propriety by replacing fertiliser subsidy with cash transfers

This year’s budgeted fertiliser subsidy is Rs 70,079 crore. So there will be a change in the form of expenditure, but not of substance.