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'Farm loan waiver cannot be justified in economic terms'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): With farm loan waiver being a populist election promise in the ongoing Gujarat elections, Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Y.V. Reddy today said that the practice is the decision of the political dispensation and cannot be justified in economic ter
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Growth rate likely to be 6.5 pct for current fiscal year, says C. Rangaraj
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Former RBI Governor C. Rangarajan today said that the economy is coming out of the phase of slow growth and estimated that the GDP growth rate for the current financial year is likely to be 6.5 percent
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RBI holds rates after hinting possibility of fiscal slippages
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Dr Urjit Patel on Wednesday hinted at the possibility of fiscal slippage due to farm loan waiver, partial roll back of duty on fuel and reduction in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on a number of commoditi
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Maharashtra govt releases Rs 4,000 crore under farm loan waiver scheme
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Thursday released Rs 4,000 crores under the first phase of the farm loan waiver scheme. It is expected to benefit more than eight lakh farmers of the state.
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Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana most `profound decision` of my life: Shivraj Sing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 16 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday inaugurated the ambitious 'Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna' in the presence of the farmers at the Krishi Upaj Mandi in Khurai, Sagar.
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Farm debt waiver not a permanent solution, says VP Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 3 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday drew similarity between farm loan debt waiver and free power.
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Farm loan waiver: Maharashtra to launch mobile app to help farmers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July27 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced that the state government would soon launch a mobile app for farmers to apply online for the loan waiver and for this, the government has opened nearly 26,000 facilitation centers t
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Punjab: Farmers protest over farm loan waiver issue on NH-1
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 21 (ANI): Farmers in Ludhiana staged a protest on the issue of farm loan waiver and implementation of Swaminathan Report on National Highway (NH-1) on Wednesday.
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BJP rubbishes Samajwadi Party's allegation post farm-loan waiver
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday rubbished the Samajwadi Party's charges that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to fulfill the promises made to the farmers and said that the opposition has been leveling baseless a
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Maharashtra Govt. will study UP model on farm loan waiver: Fadnavis
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr. 5 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the state government will study the Uttar Pradesh model for waiving off farm loans to see how relief can be provided to farmers in his state.
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Delhi: TN Agriculture Minister tries to pacify agitating farmers at Jantar
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 28 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Doraikkannu, on Tuesday apprised the agitating farmers, who have been protesting at Jantar Mantar for the past 15 days demanding a drought relief package from the Centre and farm loan waive, that steps has been taken by the
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Poor people worst hit due to demonetisation: Mayawati
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 16 (ANI): Launching attack on the NDA government on demonetisation, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday asked it to waive off farm loans and deposit the black money recovered by it into the accounts of the poor as they are the worst hit due to this &#
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