Farm Loan Waiver
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Kisan Kranti Padyatra: Farmers end protest after Delhi Police opens barricades
India | Oct 03, 2018, 07:08 AM IST"The 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra' that started on Sept 23 had to end at Delhi's Kisan Ghat. Since Delhi police didn't allow us to enter we protested. Our aim was to finish the yatra which has been done. Now we'll go back to our villages," Naresh Tikait, President, Bharatiya Kisan Union said.
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In Pics: Thousands of farmers march towards Delhi; police use water cannons, tear gas
India | Oct 02, 2018, 01:05 PM ISTPolice had to use water cannons to disperse the protestors, who also indulged in sloganeering. Tear gas was also used to disperse the crowd.
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Video | Kisan March: Farmers break down barriers, brave water cannons to enter Delhi
India | Oct 02, 2018, 01:43 PM ISTThe Kisan Kranti Yatra, which began from Tikait Ghat in Haridwar on September 23, was joined by farmers from various parts of Uttar Pradesh.
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Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally: Determined to be heard, farmers and workers turn Delhi into sea of red
India | Sep 05, 2018, 11:43 PM ISTMazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally: The demands included implementation of remunerative prices for farm produce, loan waivers, just labour laws and a minimum wage of Rs 18,000 a month.
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Patidar Agitation: Kejriwal backs Hardik Patel’s demand to waive off farm loan
India | Sep 03, 2018, 02:16 PM ISTKejriwal took to social media and tweeted in support of Hardik Patel.
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Farm-loan waiver stir: On ninth day of hunger strike, Hardik unveils his "will"
National | Sep 02, 2018, 08:29 PM IST"Hardik Patel has expressed his wish to donate his eyes in case of his death," Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) spokesperson Manoj Panara told reporters at Hardik's residence near Ahmedabad where he has been observing fast since August 25.
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Agricultural loan waivers, not farm income, driving rural revival: Report
Business | Jul 15, 2018, 03:29 PM ISTMany large states have announced farm loan waivers last year, as farmer suicides became a big political tool.
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Aaj ki Baat July 4 episode: Rajat Sharma on why there is nothing wrong in PM Modi playing the 'farmers card'
Jul 05, 2018, 07:16 PM ISTThe Congress has alleged that the ruling party has done this in order to garner the votes of farmers.
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Karnataka Budget: Farm loans taken up to 31 Dec 2017 waived; prices of petrol, diesel, electricity hiked
India | Jul 05, 2018, 01:12 PM ISTKarnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy announces Rs 34,000 crore crop loan waiver scheme in the state budget.
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Poll-bound Rajasthan announces farm loan waiver, to cost Rs 8,000 crore
Elections | Feb 12, 2018, 08:37 PM ISTVasundhara Raje informed the house that the decision of loan waiver up to Rs 50,000 for small and marginal farmers will cost Rs 8,000 crore to the exchequer.
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Gujarat polls: Farm loan waiver, Patidar quota, fuel price cut highlight Congress manifesto
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 04, 2017, 10:04 PM ISTThe Congress on Monday released its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat, promising a string of reforms, with the focus on providing relief to farmers in the poll-bound state.
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Uttar Pradesh: Govt Official caught taking bribe from famers in Mathura to waive loan
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36 lakh farmers in Maharashtra to get complete loan waiver: CM Devendra Fadnavis
National | Jul 09, 2017, 10:17 PM ISTMaharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis today said around 36 lakh farmers in the state will get complete loan waiver.
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Supreme Court stays Madras HC order on Tamil Nadu crop loan waiver scheme
India | Jul 03, 2017, 07:21 PM ISTThe Supreme Court today stayed the order of Madras High Court directing the state government to extend its crop loan waiver scheme to all farmers.
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Maha govt announces Rs 34,000 cr farm loan waiver scheme, to benefit 89 lakh farmers
National | Jun 24, 2017, 06:52 PM ISTAccording to the CM, the waiver will help all debt-ridden farmers and small and marginal ones entirely. He also said that the loan waiver will put a burden on the state treasury.
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Seeking loan waiver has become fashion these days: Venkaiah Naidu
National | Jun 22, 2017, 04:05 PM ISTNaidu’s remarks come days after Finance minister Arun Jaitley ruled out Central funding for any state's farm loan waiver and said that the Centre will adhere to fiscal targets.
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Karnataka waives crop loans up to Rs 50,000 for state’s 22 lakh farmers
India | Jun 21, 2017, 05:37 PM ISTThe Karnataka government on Wednesday announced a 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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Jaitley rules out fund for farm loan waiver, says ‘Centre has to meet fiscal deficit target’
Jun 20, 2017, 07:13 PM ISTThe FRBM committee has set a 3.2 per cent fiscal deficit target for the current year. Jaitley's response comes a day after Punjab announced farm loan waiver following Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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Farm loan waiver 'temporarily necessary', says agriculture scientist Swaminathan
India | Jun 15, 2017, 01:16 PM ISTHowever in the long term, loan waiver does not provide secure credit system.
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Farm loan waiver to cost Maharashtra Rs 30,000 cr: How Devendra Fadnavis plans to fund the scheme
India | Jun 13, 2017, 11:44 AM ISTThe farm loan waiver will put an additional burden of at least Rs 30,000 crore on the state exchequer in Maharashtra.