Tag: loan waiver
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Only needy farmers to benefit from state loan waiver: Maharashtra CM
The Maharashtra government will ensure with the help of a digital platform that only needy farmers benefit from its loan waiver scheme, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said. Fadnavis said his dispensation took the decision in view of "the big scam" which occurred in Maharashtra after the then UPA government at the Centre wrote off …
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June 18, 2017 -
Loan waiver is not a permanent solution: BJP farmers’ cell
Loan waiver is not a permanent solution for the problems faced by farmers, feels the chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party's farmers' cell, Virendra Singh "Mast", who says only a fair price for their produce can mitigate the situation. He is also of the view that the M.S. Swaminathan Commission's recommendations are not feasible as …
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June 18, 2017 -
Rajasthan farmers launch indefinite stir
Hundreds of Bhartiya Kisan Sangh farmers, demanding loan waiver, among other things, launched an indefinite 'mahapadav' (sit-in) at eight cities in Rajasthan on Thursday. "Farmers in hundreds are sitting across the state at divisional headquarters in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Kota, Bikaner, Bharatpur and Sikar. We want the government to listen and do something for welfare …
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June 15, 2017 -
UP govt mulls loan waiver for physically challenged
The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling a loan waiver for the physically challenged on the lines of the ambitious crop loan waiver announced by the Adityanath government for farmers. The Divyaangjan Shashaktikaran Vibhaag of the Uttar Pradesh government wants to waive pending loans worth Rs 3.88 crore. "In the next 100 days, the endeavour of …
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June 14, 2017 -
‘Big Step’ if loan waiver not implemented by next month: Uddhav
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday warned ally BJP that his party would take a "big step" if the loan waiver for farmers announced by the Maharashtra government is not implemented by next month. Terming the announcement of a complete loan waiver as a victory of farmers' unity, he said, "Our demand is very …
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June 14, 2017 -
Shiv Sena takes credit for farmer loan waiver decision
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the loan waiver decision was due to its constant "throttling" of the Maharashtra government and that it has opted to remain in power to shake chairs of "lazy" persons. The Sena said the protests by farmers had its backing and the party's message was "either to announce a complete …
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June 13, 2017 -
States will have to find funds for farm loan waivers, says Arun Jaitley
With mounting demands from farmers for loan waiver, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said states will have to find funds for it from their own resources — virtually ruling out any funding from the Centre. "I have already made the position. States which want to go for these kind of schemes, will have to …
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June 12, 2017 -
Mixed response to shutdown call in Karnataka
The Karnataka shutdown call given by the Federation of Kannada Associations received a mixed response in the state on Monday. Government and private schools, colleges, hotels and business establishments remained open while a few cinema halls cancelled the morning show in Bengaluru. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation …
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June 12, 2017 -
Implement loan waiver without delay: Sharad Pawar
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on 11 June said the Maharashtra government's decision to grant a loan waiver to farmers should be implemented without delay so that peasants could apply for fresh loan ahead of Kharif season. Against the backdrop of strident protests by cultivators in various parts of the state, the Devendra Fadnavis government on …
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June 12, 2017 -
5 lakh hotels, food joints to participate in bandh
Nearly five lakh hotels and food joints in Tamil Nadu will participate in the April 25 dawn to dusk state-wide bandh to express solidarity with the farmers agitating in New Delhi to get their demands redressed. Since various trade and commercial bodies have decided to join the bandh called by a few political parties, hotels …
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April 21, 2017 -
Burden of farmer loan waiver will not be passed on to people: Yogi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the burden of the Rs 35,000 crore plus loan waiver for farmers announced by the government will not be passed on to the people. "We have made arrangements for the same and we will also cut short the unnecessary expenses" the Chief Minister said. The state …
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April 13, 2017 -
Will keep promise on Punjab farm loans: Congress
The Congress on Wednesday said its new government in Punjab will soon fulfil its promise of waiving farmers' loans, but was non-committal on when this will happen. "Our party has been supportive of farmer-friendly actions and committed to fulfilling its poll promises," Congress spokesperson Rajeev Gowda told media persons here. On the Uttar Pradesh government's …
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April 5, 2017 -
Rahul Gandhi calls loan waiver in UP a ‘partial relief’
After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government waived farm loan up to Rs.1 lakh in the first cabinet meeting in the state, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the step is in the right direction, although, it is just 'a partial relief'. "A partial relief for UP farmers, but a step …
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April 5, 2017 -
Congress demands loan waiver for Maharashtra farmers
The Congress' Maharashtra unit on Tuesday said it would join hands with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to demand a complete waiver of loans of debt-hit farmers in the state. "Leaders of both the parties will meet tomorrow (Wednesday) morning to chart out a strategy to intensify our stand on the issue and ensure that …
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March 14, 2017 -
Maharashtra Congress demands farm loans waiver
The Congress' Maharashtra unit on Saturday demanded a waiver of all farm loans on the lines of the assurance given by the BJP in poll-bound Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. In a memorandum to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary and spokesman Sachin Sawant said it was surprising and shocking that in …
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February 4, 2017