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Farm Loan Waiver Decision At A Time When Nation Is "Burning": Shiv Sena
Hailing the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government for announcing loan waiver of up to Rs two lakh for farmers, the Shiv Sena today hit out at the BJP for seeking to write off debts fully and asked why it did not address the issue when it was in power.
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Farm Loans Waived In 2 Congress-Ruled States Within Hours, Pressure Builds On Karnataka
Both the Congress and the Janata Dal Secular, who have formed a coalition government in the state, had made separate promises to waive farm loans in the run up to the state elections in May. And they reiterated thepromise when they formed the government together.
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"Won't Let PM Sleep Till He Waives Farm Loans," Says Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi declared today that he would not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi "sleep or rest" till he gave a reprieve to farmers, holding up as an example his party's new governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, which he said have announced farm loan waivers within six hours.
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HD Kumaraswamy Government's Loan Waiver For Farmers to Cost 34,000 Crores
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today announced a loan waiver scheme for farmers -- a key political promise ahead of assembly elections -- that would cost the state Rs 34,000 crore.
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This UP Farmer Got A Loan Waiver Of Rs. 12, Others Even Less
For a farm loan waiver of exactly Rs. 12, Shambhu Nath, a marginal farmer and daily wager says he lost Rs. 218 - a princely sum for him and his extremely poor family of 13 in Uttar Pradesh.
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Uttar Pradesh Budget Presented, Provides For Rs 36,000 Crore Farm Loan Waiver
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal today presented the first budget of the Yogi Adityanath government for 2017-18 in the state Assembly, which provides for Rs 36,000 crore as farm loan waiver.
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Farm Loan Waivers Endanger India's Prospects For A Rating Upgrade
States are lining up to rescue indebted farmers hammered by depressed crop prices and rising costs, a trend that may hurt the nation's prospects for a sovereign-rating upgrade.
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Karnataka Announces Rs 8,165 Crore Crop Loan Waiver For Farmers
After pressure from farmers and opposition parties, the Karnataka government today announced crop loan waiver of up to Rs 50,000 per farmer, that will cost Rs 8,165 crore to the state exchequer.
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5 Farmer Suicides In 2 Weeks Despite Uttar Pradesh's Loan Waiver Scheme
There have been five instances of farmers suicides across Uttar Pradesh last two weeks. In all five instances, the families of those who killed themselves said the farmers were under heavy debt - from government institutions and private money lenders. Two of the suicides have happened in Kanpur district, and one each in Mahoba, Banda and Kaushambhi...
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In Bundelkhand, Anxiety And Confusion Over Yogi Adityanath's Loan Waiver
Hit by years of drought, 70-year-old Kalyan Singh saw the first decent crop in years in the last Kharif season. He made some money but not enough to repay his 49,000 farm loan taken three years ago. And then, the Yogi Adityanath government's announcement to waive the crop loans came. "I heard on TV that 1 lakh rupee loans will be waived," the small...
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Farm Loan Waiver Decision At A Time When Nation Is "Burning": Shiv Sena
Hailing the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government for announcing loan waiver of up to Rs two lakh for farmers, the Shiv Sena today hit out at the BJP for seeking to write off debts fully and asked why it did not address the issue when it was in power.
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Farm Loans Waived In 2 Congress-Ruled States Within Hours, Pressure Builds On Karnataka
Both the Congress and the Janata Dal Secular, who have formed a coalition government in the state, had made separate promises to waive farm loans in the run up to the state elections in May. And they reiterated thepromise when they formed the government together.
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"Won't Let PM Sleep Till He Waives Farm Loans," Says Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi declared today that he would not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi "sleep or rest" till he gave a reprieve to farmers, holding up as an example his party's new governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, which he said have announced farm loan waivers within six hours.
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HD Kumaraswamy Government's Loan Waiver For Farmers to Cost 34,000 Crores
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today announced a loan waiver scheme for farmers -- a key political promise ahead of assembly elections -- that would cost the state Rs 34,000 crore.
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This UP Farmer Got A Loan Waiver Of Rs. 12, Others Even Less
For a farm loan waiver of exactly Rs. 12, Shambhu Nath, a marginal farmer and daily wager says he lost Rs. 218 - a princely sum for him and his extremely poor family of 13 in Uttar Pradesh.
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Uttar Pradesh Budget Presented, Provides For Rs 36,000 Crore Farm Loan Waiver
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal today presented the first budget of the Yogi Adityanath government for 2017-18 in the state Assembly, which provides for Rs 36,000 crore as farm loan waiver.
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Farm Loan Waivers Endanger India's Prospects For A Rating Upgrade
States are lining up to rescue indebted farmers hammered by depressed crop prices and rising costs, a trend that may hurt the nation's prospects for a sovereign-rating upgrade.
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Karnataka Announces Rs 8,165 Crore Crop Loan Waiver For Farmers
After pressure from farmers and opposition parties, the Karnataka government today announced crop loan waiver of up to Rs 50,000 per farmer, that will cost Rs 8,165 crore to the state exchequer.
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5 Farmer Suicides In 2 Weeks Despite Uttar Pradesh's Loan Waiver Scheme
There have been five instances of farmers suicides across Uttar Pradesh last two weeks. In all five instances, the families of those who killed themselves said the farmers were under heavy debt - from government institutions and private money lenders. Two of the suicides have happened in Kanpur district, and one each in Mahoba, Banda and Kaushambhi...
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In Bundelkhand, Anxiety And Confusion Over Yogi Adityanath's Loan Waiver
Hit by years of drought, 70-year-old Kalyan Singh saw the first decent crop in years in the last Kharif season. He made some money but not enough to repay his 49,000 farm loan taken three years ago. And then, the Yogi Adityanath government's announcement to waive the crop loans came. "I heard on TV that 1 lakh rupee loans will be waived," the small...
