Following Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's farm loan waiver announcement, BJP leader NV Subhash accused the Congress of misleading farmers with false promises.
According to an official release, CM Reddy shared details about implementing the loan waiver scheme at the Collectors Conference held at the Secretariat today (Tuesday).
"As soon as the INDIA alliance government is formed, we will waive the loans of farmers of Punjab and the whole of India. We will not just waive farmer loans just once, but will form a commission for the same and call it 'Kisaan Karza Maafi Aayog'," Rahul Gandhi said.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Thursday claimed that the Modi government waived bank loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of its "crony capitalist friends" but not of farmers.
"The opposition is troubled when we talk about farmers. Farmers are our Annadatas. So we look into their problems. I don't think any other state has done anything to the extent we have done for farmers," the Chief Minister said.
Shivanand Patil said that the farmers in the state wish for drought to occur as they get free farm loan waivers from the government while addressing a gathering in Suttatti village of Belagavi district on Sunday night.
With Chhattisgarh set to hold its first phase of Assembly polls on November 7, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the Congress manifesto for the elections on Sunday, promising a caste-based census, farm loan waivers, and subsided LPG cylinders to women, among other things, if voted back
To facilitate farmers in getting loans at low-interest rates, Warehousing Development Regulatory Authority (WDRA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State Bank of India (SBI).
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): A report has stated that while farm loan waivers reduce the quality of expenditure by implementing states, it also negatively affects institutional incentives to disburse agricultural credit.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Monday raised the issue of farm loan waiver, including bogus reporting of data, in the Maharashtra Assembly.