Telangana Civil Supplies and Irrigation Minister Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy has praised the agricultural loan waiver implemented by the Telangana government under the leadership of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, and Agriculture Minister Nageshwar Rao.
In the wake of the landslide disaster at Mundakkai in Wayanad district of Kerala that took place on July 30, the Kerala Bank Board on Monday decided to waive all loans for those who lost their lives, as well as for those whose mortgaged homes and properties were destroyed at the Chooralmala
Experts welcomed the Indian government's decision to waive clinical trials for drugs that have already been approved in select countries to accelerate the availability of new and innovative medicines in India, and reduce the time and cost associated with conducting clinical trials.
The centre waived local clinical trials of several drugs in India. According to the official sources, the medicines already approved by other regulatory authorities like the US, UK and EU and are not immediately available for India are not required to conduct local trials in India.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday criticized the BJP, alleging that it has trapped the country's farmers in a cycle of debt. He said that the INDIA bloc aims to free farmers from this by offering them a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Ahead of the local body elections, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said that the state government would waive farm loans of up to Rs 2 lakh by August.
"Three important announcements are needed for farmer welfare in the budget - 1. Legal status to MSP 2. MSP is decided on the basis of Swaminathan formula 3. Loan waiver for farmers," Ramesh said in a post on 'X'.
Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu has given instructions that the funds released for farmers' loan waivers should be used exclusively for that purpose and should not be adjusted for any other loans. Farmers should not be inconvenienced at any cost, he said.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu released over Rs 6,000 crore into the accounts of farmers under the loan waiver scheme 2024 from the Secretariat here on Thursday.
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).