K’taka to announce loan waiver for farmers’ families who lost bread winner to Covid
A meeting will be held with the apex bank management to ensure smooth and quicker processing of the loan waiver.
A meeting will be held with the apex bank management to ensure smooth and quicker processing of the loan waiver.
The top court has granted one-week time to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to file an affidavit clarifying Centre's stand and posted the matter for further hearing on September 1.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray made the announcement in the Legislative Assembly on the last day of the state legislature's winter session in Nagpur.
With a view to making the administration more decentralized, Thackeray also announced a scheme whereby the Chief Minister's Office would go close to the citizens.
Tamil Nadu goes to polls in a single phase on April 18.
Course correction in agricultural policy is the need of the hour
PM's criticism of the opposition over loan waivers comes days after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said his party will not let Modi rest till the Centre writes off farm loans across the country.
The sharp reaction came a day after the newly-elected Congress governments in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh waived farm loans.
Magsaysay award winner Dr Rajendra Singh, also known as Waterman of India, is among the marchers.
Ridiculing Modi for his assertions of being the country's "chowkidar" (watchman), Gandhi said the entire country knows the "chowkidar has turned into a thief".
