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Maharashtra budget: Farm loan waiver up to Rs 2 lakh announced; focus on i
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced a farm loan waiver scheme under which eligible farmers with overdue crop loans will receive relief of up to Rs 2 lakh. Presenting the state budget for 2026-27, Fadnavis also proposed an incentive of Rs 50,0
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Bhupinder Singh Hooda slams Haryana govt over farm loan interest hike, dem
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda criticised the Haryana government on Tuesday over a series of issues, including the hike in farm loan interest rates, alleged spying for Pakistan, and governance decisions.
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Odisha govt announces interest free crop loan up to Rs 1 lakh for farmers
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to an official release, the state government has now decided for dispensation of crop loans up to Rs 1 lakh at 0 per cent interest rate per annum (Interest-free loan) from 1st April — 2022 and for crop loans above Rs 1 lakh to Rs 3 lakh, the applicable rate is 2 per cent for promp
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Rahul urges Sitharaman to extend moratorium on repayment of short-term cro
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging the Centre to extend the moratorium on repayment of short-term crop loans of farmers to December 31.
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Maharashtra proposes zero pc interest on farm loans up to Rs 3 lakh
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday presented the state budget for 2021-22 in the state assembly and said the government has decided to provide zero per cent interest loans to farmers who take crop loans up to a limit of Rs 3 la
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Centre extends crop loan interest benefits till May 31
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): In view of the situation arising out of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, the Centre has extended the benefit of 2 per cent interest subvention (IS) to banks and 3 per cent prompt repayment incentive (PRI) to all farmers till May 31 for all crop loans upto Rs
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Congress announces loan waiver for farmers in Jharkhand if voted to power
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 24 (ANI): The Jharkhand Congress which launched its election manifesto for the upcoming Assembly Elections on Sunday, promised that all crop loans up to Rs 2,00,000 will be waived immediately if the party forms government in the state.
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Haryana CM announces Rs 4,750 cr package for farmers
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhiwani (Haryana) [India], Sept 2 (ANI): In the run-up to Assembly polls, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced a package worth Rs 4,750 crores for farmers in the state.
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Extend moratorium on repayment of crop loans to Dec 31: Rahul Gandhi to RB
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 14 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has requested Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das to take measures to extend the moratorium on repayment of crop loans by farmers to December 31 in the aftermath of Kerala floods.
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Ask banks to expedite process of distributing crop loans: Fadnavis to Cent
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 24 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis wrote a letter to the Centre demanding that all banks in the state be directed to expedite the process of distributing crop loans to farmers.
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Punjab Govt. announces loan waiver for 'marginal' farmers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] June 19 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced total waiver of entire crop loans up to Rs. 2 lakh for small and marginal farmers up to 5 acres, and a flat Rs. 2 lakh relief for all other marginal farmers, irrespective of their loa
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Cabinet approves interest subvention scheme for farmers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the interest subvention scheme for farmers with an allotment of total expenditure of Rs. 20,339 crores in the current financial year as interest subsidy on short term crop loans.
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