Farmer Loans

Escorts aims to provide farmers with a transparent and quick mechanism to buy appropriate agri-based commodities such as tractors and IndusInd will bring accessibility to financial solutions

A 37-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide after being unable to repay loans and suffering crop losses in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, police said today.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday rolled out a Rs 520 crore debt relief scheme for 2.85 lakh farm labourers and landless farmers on the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The government on Monday said there is no proposal under consideration to waive loans of farmers, including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging her to extend the moratorium on repayment of short-term crop loans by farmers to December 31, 2021.

The Jharkhand government on Thursday said it has waived off loans worth Rs 980 crore of 2.46 lakh farmers in the state so far and is committed to their welfare.

Under the M-Protect covid plan, Mahindra will provide its customers with a health cover of Rs. 1 lakh through a unique COVID Mediclaim policy covering the customer in case they contract COVID-19 with home quarantine benefits.

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 lakh and make timely repayment.

Marking the rollout of the Rs 12,110 crore crop loan waiver scheme for over 16 lakh ryots in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday gave away certificates to nine farmers in Chennai.

Refuting the BJP's allegation that the Rajasthan government has not kept its promise of waiving farmers' loans, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday asserted that his government has waived farm loans worth over Rs 14,000 crore in the state.

Farm loans taken by over 16 lakh farmers in Tamil Nadu will be waived, said the AIADMK government in the state where election to the legislative assembly will be held this year. The total amount to be waived is Rs 12,110 crore for farm loans taken from cooperative banks, Chief Minister E Palaniswami told the assembly today.

On Budget day, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said that the government should provide a separate budget for farmers to address various issues of the farming community. He also sought a waiver of agricultural loans of farmers.

Stating that loan waivers and subsidies provide only temporary relief to farmers, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stressed on making Indian agriculture profitable by reducing input costs and providing uninterrupted power as well as credit at low interest rates to the farming community.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday demanding a waiver of the outstanding loans taken by farmers from nationalised and Bhoomi Vikas banks.

Properties worth Rs 255 crore have been attached in connection with a money laundering probe linked to a case of alleged agricultural loan fraud and duping of farmers in Maharashtra, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday.

Escorts aims to provide farmers with a transparent and quick mechanism to buy appropriate agri-based commodities such as tractors and IndusInd will bring accessibility to financial solutions

A 37-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide after being unable to repay loans and suffering crop losses in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, police said today.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday rolled out a Rs 520 crore debt relief scheme for 2.85 lakh farm labourers and landless farmers on the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The government on Monday said there is no proposal under consideration to waive loans of farmers, including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging her to extend the moratorium on repayment of short-term crop loans by farmers to December 31, 2021.

The Jharkhand government on Thursday said it has waived off loans worth Rs 980 crore of 2.46 lakh farmers in the state so far and is committed to their welfare.

Under the M-Protect covid plan, Mahindra will provide its customers with a health cover of Rs. 1 lakh through a unique COVID Mediclaim policy covering the customer in case they contract COVID-19 with home quarantine benefits.

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 lakh and make timely repayment.

Marking the rollout of the Rs 12,110 crore crop loan waiver scheme for over 16 lakh ryots in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday gave away certificates to nine farmers in Chennai.

Refuting the BJP's allegation that the Rajasthan government has not kept its promise of waiving farmers' loans, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday asserted that his government has waived farm loans worth over Rs 14,000 crore in the state.

Farm loans taken by over 16 lakh farmers in Tamil Nadu will be waived, said the AIADMK government in the state where election to the legislative assembly will be held this year. The total amount to be waived is Rs 12,110 crore for farm loans taken from cooperative banks, Chief Minister E Palaniswami told the assembly today.

On Budget day, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said that the government should provide a separate budget for farmers to address various issues of the farming community. He also sought a waiver of agricultural loans of farmers.

Stating that loan waivers and subsidies provide only temporary relief to farmers, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stressed on making Indian agriculture profitable by reducing input costs and providing uninterrupted power as well as credit at low interest rates to the farming community.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday demanding a waiver of the outstanding loans taken by farmers from nationalised and Bhoomi Vikas banks.

Properties worth Rs 255 crore have been attached in connection with a money laundering probe linked to a case of alleged agricultural loan fraud and duping of farmers in Maharashtra, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday.