Loan Waiver
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections: If elected, Congress will waive off loans of farmers, says Rahul Gandhi
Nov 09, 2018, 07:12 PM ISTThe 47-year-old Congress chief told the gathering he did not want to make "false" promises like the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had allegedly made.
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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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Karnataka government waives farms loans, raises levies on petrol, diesel, power
National | Jul 05, 2018, 05:17 PM IST"I propose to waive farm loans totalling Rs 34,000 crore, with Rs 2 lakh per farmer family," Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced in the Assembly while presenting the budget for fiscal 2018-19.
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Naidu for more 'pro-farmer' policies, says loan waiver not permanent solution
India | Jun 21, 2018, 03:55 PM ISTClaiming that farmers who take up allied activities such as poultry and dairy along with traditional farming, do not commit suicide, he said cultivators must be able to export their produce for better returns.
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Madhya Pradesh: Farmers to launch 10-day long agitation from today
News | Jun 01, 2018, 07:23 AM ISTAt least 87 companies of SAF, along with 5000 additional forces, have been deployed in 18 different districts of the state to tackle the situation. 100 vehicles have been provided to the police force in districts like Bhopal, Indore, Rajgarh and Dati
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Karnataka Election: Congress president promises farm loan waiver if voted to power
Politics | May 04, 2018, 03:31 PM ISTKarnataka Election: Congress president promises farm loan waiver if voted to power
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Maharashtra farmers' protest: Agitation likely to be called off as CM Fadnavis says ‘most demands accepted’
India | Mar 12, 2018, 08:54 PM ISTThe farmers, led by Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), are demanding, among other things, proper implementation of the Maharashtra government’s loan waiver scheme.
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Over 35,000 protesting farmers walk 180-kms to reach Mumbai, will lay siege to legislature today
India | Mar 11, 2018, 11:47 PM ISTOpposition Congress, NCP, Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and AAP, as well as ruling ally Shiv Sena have extended support to the farmers' march.
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30,000 farmers marching for loan waiver reach Thane, Mumbai braces for traffic jams
India | Mar 11, 2018, 03:09 PM ISTThe march, led by All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) - a peasants front of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was launched from Nashik on Tuesday.
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Maharashtra: 30,000 farmers head towards Mumbai, demand loan waiver
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Loan waiver: Thousands of farmers march from Nashik to Mumbai
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Congress will make a policy for farmer loan waiver within 10 days after winning the election
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Govt making 'mazboor' banks 'mazboot', no loan waiver for big corporates: Arun Jaitley
Business | Nov 28, 2017, 09:19 PM ISTObserving that the government has not waived any loans of big NPA defaulters, he regretted that over the last few days, a rumour is being propagated about "waiver of loans of capitalists by banks".
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100 Maharashtra farmers, registering for loan waiver, linked to single Aadhaar number
India | Oct 25, 2017, 05:39 PM ISTThe government has said that the Aadhaar-based linking will avoid any duplication as well as fake accounts getting the benefit of the loan waiver.
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Maharashtra loan waiver: 100 farmers linked to single Aadhaar number, CM Fadnavis calls urgent meeting
India | Oct 25, 2017, 02:52 PM ISTThe Maharashtra government had stressed on online registration by farmers with their Aadhaar.
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Loan waiver not a permanent solution to woes of farmers: RSS chief
India | Jun 28, 2017, 11:15 PM ISTThe RSS chief said that the need of the hour was to streamline the entire agriculture sector so that it would become profitable in the long-term.
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Loans upto Rs. 3 lakhs made available to the farmers at 4 percent interest rate only
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Farmers deliberately defaulting on loans amid hopes of waiver, say bankers
Jun 13, 2017, 02:14 PM ISTA new trend is catching up fast in India’s agriculture sector where farmers deliberately default on their dues to financial institutions, in hopes that the government will waive their loans sooner or later
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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.
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Debt-ridden farmer ends life, says ‘don’t cremate me till CM Fadnavis meets demands’
India | Jun 08, 2017, 04:13 PM ISTA cultivator allegedly committed suicide at a village in Solapur district, leaving behind a note purportedly stating that he should not be cremated till Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis visits his place and meets their demands