65% of Maharashtra govt’s loan waiver sum reaches 37 lakh farmers
File Pic Mumbai: Almost a year after the loan waiver was announced, the Maharashtra government has disbursed Rs 14,916 crore into the accounts of 37.4 lakh farmers, the latest review of the scheme by a cabinet subcommittee on May...
Farmers loan waivers – a Pandora’s box that keeps getting more complicated
File Pic Nagpur: After the newly elected BJP government of UP announced loan waivers to farmers of their state, the clamour for similar benefits began among the already beleaguered farmers of Maharashtra. And then followed the very united and very forceful...