Farm Loan Waiver
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Tamil Nadu CM Vijay announces cooperative bank crop loan waiver for farmers
Tamil Nadu | May 25, 2026, 07:00 PM ISTUnder the scheme, marginal farmers will receive a complete waiver of crop loans up to Rs 50,000, while larger farmers will be granted relief of up to Rs 5,000 on their outstanding cooperative bank loans.
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Telangana: CM Revanth Reddy announces to waive farm loans of up to Rs 2 lakh by August
Telangana | Jul 28, 2024, 11:11 PM ISTTelangana CM Revanth Reddy also hit out at the BRS and asked his party workers to prepare for local body elections to be held this year.
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Telangana: CM Revanth Reddy announces farm loan waiver implementation from July 18
Hyderabad | Jul 16, 2024, 09:24 PM ISTEarlier a farm loan waiver of Rs 2 lakh was promised by the Revanth Reddy government during the state assembly elections. However, the amount has been slashed to half in the latest announcement.
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Bharat Jodo Yatra: ‘Rajasthan fulfilled promise to waive farm loans but Modi…’- Rahul slams Centre
India | Dec 07, 2022, 09:17 PM ISTChief Minister Ashok Gehlot, PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, ministers, MLAs and many other leaders and workers joined Gandhi. Tight security arrangements have been made for the yatra.
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Jharkhand govt waives Rs 980 crore loan of 2.46 lakh farmers
India | Jun 18, 2021, 09:52 AM ISTChief minister Hemant Soren on completion of one-year of his government on December 29 last year had officially announced the farm loan waiver scheme.
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Punjab: Amarinder Singh govt to waive farm loans worth Rs 1,186 crore of 1.13 lakh farmers
India | Mar 08, 2021, 12:41 PM ISTPunjab government to waive farm loans worth Rs 1,186 cr of 1.13 lakh farmers and Rs 526 cr of landless farmers in 2021-22.
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Tamil Nadu govt announces Rs 12,110 crore farm loan waiver ahead of assembly polls
India | Feb 05, 2021, 01:22 PM ISTTamil Nadu government on Friday announced a Rs 12,110 crore farm loan waiver in the State assembly.
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Jharkhand government approves loan waiver for marginal farmers
India | Dec 24, 2020, 02:45 PM ISTThe Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand has decided to waive farm loans up to Rs 50,000. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday which was presided over by the CM.
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BJP stages protest over farm loan waiver, women's safety
India | Feb 24, 2020, 12:21 PM ISTAhead of the commencement of Maharashtra Legislature's budget session, BJP legislators staged a protest on the steps of the Vidhan Bhawan on Monday, alleging that the government "failed" to address farmers' woes and curb crimes against women.
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Maharashtra farm loan waiver to cost Rs 45,000-51,000 cr: Report
India | Jan 06, 2020, 09:50 PM ISTThe newly-formed Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government has announced a loan waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh for farmers with a cut-off date of September 30, 2019. The scheme is applicable to non-defaulting farmers who have an outstanding of Rs 2 lakh or more.
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Farm loan waiver: Opposition BJP stages walkout from Rajasthan Assembly
India | Jan 23, 2019, 04:38 PM ISTLeader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria, however, expressed dissatisfaction over the reply. He insisted that the government should have waived off the loans within 10 days of coming to power as was promised by the Congress.
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Budget 2019: Will Modi govt offer big relief to farmers? Yes, says BJP leader
India | Jan 18, 2019, 06:02 PM ISTBJP MP Virendra Singh Mast said the Modi government has taken historical steps to improve the condition of the farmers and in the coming days some decisions will be taken to economically strengthen them.
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Maharashtra managed to save Rs 12,000 cr in farm loan waiver through digital platform: Devendra Fadnavis
India | Jan 14, 2019, 07:29 AM ISTThe state has collaborated with the World Economic Forum for Fourth Industrial Revolution and has begun pilot project to introduce drones in agriculture, the chief minister said.
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Farm loan waiver just palliative, not solution: NITI Aayog
India | Dec 19, 2018, 10:23 PM ISTHowever, he said short-term measures might be required in some states that are facing real farm distress.
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Exclusive | Video of Cong leaders tutoring Rahul Gandhi what to speak before media
National | Dec 19, 2018, 01:33 AM IST"We promised to waive loans in 10 days. In two states, we did it within six hours and we would do it in the third state very soon," Gandhi told reporters outside Parliament.
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Farm loan waivers: 'We have walked the talk, Prime Minister Modi must take lesson from it,' says Rahul Gandhi
National | Dec 18, 2018, 05:09 PM ISTIt is pertinent to mention here that within hours of coming to power in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Congress governments waived off farm loans.
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Will waiving off farmers' loan help Congress in 2019? Share your opinion with India TV
India | Dec 18, 2018, 12:07 PM ISTFulfilling the pre-poll promises made by the Congress, order to waive off farmers’ agricultural loans were issued by newly elected chief ministers of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on Monday.
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath keeps his promise, waives off farm loans
Elections | Dec 17, 2018, 11:35 PM ISTThe 72-year-old Kamal Nath, who represented Chhindwara for nine terms in the Lok Sabha, was the only one to take the oath even as the other contender to the Chief Minister's post, Jyotiraditya Scindia, was present. The ceremony was held an hour behind schedule at 2.30 p.m.
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Chhattisgarh Elections: Rahul Gandhi promises farm loan waiver in 10 days if Congress comes to power
Nov 17, 2018, 03:57 PM ISTRs 3.5 lakh crore of corporate loans were waived off by the Centre; Modi should answer why was not even a rupee of farm loans had been waived, Gandhi said.
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Telangana Elections: Rahul Gandhi promises farm loan waiver of up to Rs two lakh
Oct 20, 2018, 06:04 PM IST"Farmers are committing suicide all over the country. Thousands of farmers committed suicide in Telangana because they didn't get proper price (for their produce),” Gandhi said.