‘Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana’ will benefit 55 lakh small and marginal farmers and cost the state exchequer Rs 50,000 crore,” Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath said. read more

The socialist State has intentionally and systematically caused farm-bankruptcy. The land-locked farmer is not a free citizen of India read more

The Congress chief criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not doing enough for the farmers and said “the PM always plays on the back foot, I want the youth of the country to play of front foot and hit a sixer.” read more

Rahul Gandhi in Jaipur LIVE: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will kick off the party’s Lok Sabha election campaign at the Kisan rally in Jaipur today. read more

The approach of bringing landless people to urban production system and reducing the number of farmers like in the West is flawed for a country of our size and population. read more

About Rs 1.47 lakh crore of agricultural loans are outstanding in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, which announced waivers recently. read more

PM Modi fired his first salvos shortly after inaugurating the North Koel irrigation project in Jharkhand’s Medininagar. Known locally as the Mandal dam, the project was first conceived under the then Congress government in 1973 but its construction was... read more

Rahul Gandhi’s remarks came after clashes broke out on Wednesday between the police and farmers protesting against limestone mining by a private firm near a village in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district, leaving several policemen and agitators injured. read more

Speaking at a public rally in Jharkhand, PM Narendra Modi said loan waiver to farmers would have been an easier choice for the government if it only wanted their votes. read more

Loan waiver provides strong disincentive for those who repaid loan on time and perverse incentive for default. But the most serious effect of the waiver is potential risk of fiscal slippage . read more

Ten states have announced waivers since 2014, the year that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance assumed office at the Centre. Some states, such as Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh (under both Congress and BJP regimes), have offered multiple waivers. read more

PM Narendra Modi said there is a very small segment of farmers who take loans from banks while a majority of them take loans from money lenders. read more

The plan for the handout comes soon after the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was voted out in key state elections this month, forcing Modi to draw up a course correction before federal polls due by May. read more

The CM HD Kumaraswamy-led state government had announced over Rs 45,000 crore loan waiver scheme in July soon after coming to power. But it has been bogged down by several issues relating to banks. read more

First meet educational qualification for contesting local body polls removed; many BJP decisions overturned read more