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Rs 4,807 cr deposited in accounts of over 7 lakh Maharashtra farmers, says CM Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2020 04:52 PM IST
Thackeray said that 35.8 lakh farmer accounts have been uploaded on a special portal created for the implementation of the loan waiver scheme.
The need for some patience and introspection
UPDATED ON JAN 29, 2020 12:14 AM IST
Earlier, in Nashik, when reporters asked Fadnavis what issues he would be challenging the government on, he said without batting an eyelash, “farmers, loan waivers, lack of industrial growth, failure to provide jobs” – in fact all issues associated with his government barely three months ago.
People chose party not a person: Sachin Pilot amid reports of infighting
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2020 02:29 AM IST
The state Congress president said the party spoke of loan waiver, unemployment allowance among other things in its manifesto and was working on them.
Maharashtra CM assures complete farm loan waiver in Pune
Hindustan Times, Pune | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 26, 2019 04:44 PM IST
Thackeray said that Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government is contemplating of a loan waiver above Rs two lakh to work out a plan to offer relief to those farmers who are repaying their loans regularly
Loan waiver, Rs 10 meals: Uddhav Thackeray govt’s CMP promises could burden state treasury
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By Ketaki Ghoge
UPDATED ON NOV 30, 2019 09:12 AM IST
A senior official said a conservative estimate for a loan waiver for farmers up to July 2019 would lead to a burden of Rs 30,000 crore.
Post loan waiver, cooperative banks in Rajasthan unable to meet lending targets
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | By Urvashi Dev Rawal
UPDATED ON NOV 12, 2019 07:17 PM IST
The Rajasthan State Cooperative Bank Ltd and Rajasthan State Land Development Bank Ltd are the main banks that give short-term and long-term loans respectively to farmers.
10 states yet to fulfil their farm loan waiver promise
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Zia Haq
UPDATED ON OCT 20, 2019 01:54 AM IST
These states have so far managed to make budgetary provisions for less than two-thirds of the total loans supposed to be waived, a review by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows.
75% jobs for locals, farm loan waiver in Congress Haryana poll manifesto
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Pawan Sharma
UPDATED ON OCT 12, 2019 02:47 AM IST
Azad said if voted back to power, the Congress government will make a policy to implement the farm loan promises, and implementing farm loan promise will be the top priority of the Congress.
BJP confident farm crisis won’t dent prospects in Maharashtra assembly poll
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By Surendra Gangan
UPDATED ON OCT 08, 2019 05:48 AM IST
In its 2014 assembly election manifesto, the BJP had promised to reach double digit agricultural growth.
13 farm schemes, loan waiver, SMART project get state nod
Mumbai | By HT Correspondent, Mumbai
UPDATED ON SEP 09, 2019 11:37 PM IST
The cabinet gave its nod to waive off ₹66.56 crore worth of loans taken by 46,735 farmers from 1,393 private money lenders.
Maharashtra government to waive farmers’ loans, rebuild homes, relocate people
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By Surendra Gangan
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2019 04:47 AM IST
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis chaired the first meeting of the cabinet sub-committee appointed to review the rehabilitation of flood-affected families from Sangli, Kolhapur, Satara, districts in the Konkan, Nashik and other parts of the state.
Before trust vote loss, Kumaraswamy signed one last order to keep his promise
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | By Vikram Gopal
UPDATED ON JUL 24, 2019 09:39 PM IST
Kumaraswamy was asked by the Governor Vajubhai Vala to continue as a caretaker chief minister till a new government was sworn-in, he was also barred from taking any major policy decisions, like the loan waiver for the landless-labourers.
Beniwal demands case against Cong after farmer suicide
Bhubaneswar | By Agencies
UPDATED ON JUN 25, 2019 12:02 AM IST
He also demanded booking the entire Congress committee which drafted the party manifesto announcing a complete farm waiver on charges of duping innocent farmers of the state.
Rajasthan CM Gehlot seeks Centre support for farm loan waiver
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JUN 16, 2019 09:50 AM IST
CM requests union finance minister for ₹15.6cr for loan waiver; says PMJAY criteria should not be based on 2011 census
Chandrababu Naidu wants Jagan Reddy to pay farmers money promised by his government
Hyderabad | By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
PUBLISHED ON JUN 11, 2019 10:17 PM IST
Among all the other challenges, he will also have to deal with the wily former chief minister and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, who is already attempting to set the agenda for his government, while sitting in the opposition benches.
‘Grand Alliance to stay, will win more seats in Maha than 2014’: Devendra Fadnavis
Mumbai | By Ketaki Ghoge
PUBLISHED ON JUN 02, 2019 11:20 AM IST
The allies had contested the 2014 polls separately and won 185 seats (BJP had won 122, Sena had won 63).
CPI(M) politburo meet to review Lok Sabha debacle begins
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 26, 2019 11:35 PM IST
The party will discuss, among other things, why its mass movements are not resulting into votes. The CPI(M) in the recent years had organised the biggest farmers’ movement, the Long March, in Maharashtra.
Aadhaar rule hits 10k Barmer farmers seeking loan waiver
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | By Mukesh Mathrani
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2019 05:44 PM IST
After coming to power in the state, the Congress government organised loan waiver camps in the districts. However, the government made the verification of Aadhaar details mandatory for the waiver.
‘Congress has 56-inch heart, waived off farm loans’: Rahul Gandhi
Ujjain | By Asian News International
UPDATED ON MAY 14, 2019 06:52 PM IST
Talking to media persons, Shivraj Singh Chouhan had alleged that farmers were being betrayed in the name of a loan waiver.
21 lakh crop loans waived, Congress tells Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 07, 2019 10:50 PM IST
Congress workers, led by senior party functionary Suresh Pachauri, took a mini-van carrying loan waiver certificates to Chouhan’s residence.
Lok Sabha elections 2019-Delivery on NYAY within a year of coming to power: Rahul Gandhi
Ranchi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2019 09:57 AM IST
Rahul was addressing a rally in Simdega, seeking votes for the Congress candidate from Khunti Lok Sabha constituency, Kalicharan Munda.
A mid-election agrarian thought
PUBLISHED ON APR 29, 2019 12:17 AM IST
Poll buzz drowns out issues? Nashik farmer ends life over Rs 75K
Hindustan Times, Nashik | By Eeshanpriya MS
PUBLISHED ON APR 20, 2019 05:18 AM IST
Shelke is survived by his 35-year-old widow, Jayashree, and two sons – Pranav, 18, and Tejesh, 14. According to the family, a large portion of Shelke’s loan amount was used to purchase water for consecutive crops, in final attempts to save each crop cycle from the heat.
Lok Sabha election: Youth will take Congress, CM to task for reneging on promises, says Harsimrat
Hindustan Times, Bathinda | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 18, 2019 07:46 AM IST
The Bathinda MP said the figures were an eye-opener for everyone and now the CM should explain why he had backstabbed the youth.
Free power, loan waivers can’t be long-term solutions to farmers’ woes: Vice President
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON APR 12, 2019 07:36 PM IST
Main opposition party Congress has promised minimum income guarantee scheme or Nyay to 20 per cent poorest of the country.
BJP and Congress release their manifesto for Odisha Assembly polls
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | By Debabrata Mohanty
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2019 06:38 PM IST
For the youth, the BJP manifesto promises an opportunity for self-employment through a revolving fund of Rs 3000 crore which will facilitate loans of up to Rs 3 lakh at 1 per cent interest rate.
Top promises in Congress manifesto for Lok Sabha polls
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2019 10:30 AM IST
Congress Election Manifesto 2019: From a separate budget for the farmers to minimum income guarantee scheme, here is an account of what the Congress has promised in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Shivraj Singh Chouhan attacks Congress on loan waiver promise
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 02, 2019 12:18 AM IST
Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, lakhs of farmers in MP recently received a state government message telling them that the loan waiver exercise was put on hold as the model code of conduct came into effect.
Lok Sabha election: Farmers, drugs figure in Punjab Democratic Alliance’s common minimum programme
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAR 30, 2019 11:22 PM IST
The alliance has also pledged support to demand for complete loan waiver to farmers and agricultural workers, and implementation of the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: ‘Masterstroke by master of situation’: Shatrughan Sinha on Rahul Gandhi’s income plan
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 26, 2019 11:31 AM IST
Shatrughan Sinha has been widely expected to walk out of the party to align with the joint opposition camp led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar