Lucknow: Over a fortnight after taking oath, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will hold his first cabinet meeting on April 4 where key issues in the BJP's poll manifesto, especially farm loan waiver, are likely to be taken up.
"The cabinet meeting will be held in the evening on April 4," state Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh told reporters.
Speaking in Varanasi, state Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said a proposal has been prepared for loan waiver of farmers and it will be presented before the cabinet at its first meeting.
PM Modi had promised during his election campaign that a decision on loan waiver would be taken at the first cabinet meeting of the BJP government in the state.
They had suffered losses due to natural calamities in the recent past and were unable to repay loans amounting to about Rs 62,000 crore.
A state finance department spokesman said Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal has already started deliberations with senior officials of his department in this regard.
Sources in the government said it would be difficult to handle the burden of loan waiver in a single financial year.
Some officers were of the opinion that a decision in this regard could be taken and a policy formulated later, but the chief minister insisted that the decision be made once the policy was clear, so that there were no hurdles.
"The cabinet meeting will be held in the evening on April 4," state Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh told reporters.
Speaking in Varanasi, state Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said a proposal has been prepared for loan waiver of farmers and it will be presented before the cabinet at its first meeting.
PM Modi had promised during his election campaign that a decision on loan waiver would be taken at the first cabinet meeting of the BJP government in the state.
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They had suffered losses due to natural calamities in the recent past and were unable to repay loans amounting to about Rs 62,000 crore.
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A state finance department spokesman said Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal has already started deliberations with senior officials of his department in this regard.
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Sources in the government said it would be difficult to handle the burden of loan waiver in a single financial year.
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Some officers were of the opinion that a decision in this regard could be taken and a policy formulated later, but the chief minister insisted that the decision be made once the policy was clear, so that there were no hurdles.
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