Mumbai: The farmers whose names have been given to the government by the District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) under the loan-waiver scheme will get money in their bank accounts before Diwali, Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Pandurang Phundkar said today. He said the government will release the funds to those districts where the DCC Banks have submitted the complete list of eligible farmers.
Some DCC Banks which have branches across many districts are yet to send complete lists of the loan-waiver beneficiaries to the government. Responding to a query on the opposition's criticism that farmers are being charged for submitting online forms for the loan-waiver scheme, Mr Phundkar said had that been the case, the administration would not have got 55 lakh applications.
Bowing to protests by farmers, the state government in June had announced a Rs 34,000 crore loan waiver with caveats. Under the scheme, loans up to Rs 1.5 lakh per farmer will be waived.
Expressing regret at the deaths, he said negligence had taken place at multiple levels. Although the government did not specify the number of deaths, farm activist from Vidarbha, Kishor Tiwari, and the Shiv Sena said the pesticide exposure reported in Yavatmal district has killed 18 people so far.
this year.
"The contract farm labourers have to spray the pesticide from a certain height. However, due to extreme heat, the labourers wear only vests and no other protective gear like face masks," he said. He said the pesticides can get ingested into body even through skin contact.
Some DCC Banks which have branches across many districts are yet to send complete lists of the loan-waiver beneficiaries to the government. Responding to a query on the opposition's criticism that farmers are being charged for submitting online forms for the loan-waiver scheme, Mr Phundkar said had that been the case, the administration would not have got 55 lakh applications.
Bowing to protests by farmers, the state government in June had announced a Rs 34,000 crore loan waiver with caveats. Under the scheme, loans up to Rs 1.5 lakh per farmer will be waived.
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Expressing regret at the deaths, he said negligence had taken place at multiple levels. Although the government did not specify the number of deaths, farm activist from Vidarbha, Kishor Tiwari, and the Shiv Sena said the pesticide exposure reported in Yavatmal district has killed 18 people so far.
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this year.
"The contract farm labourers have to spray the pesticide from a certain height. However, due to extreme heat, the labourers wear only vests and no other protective gear like face masks," he said. He said the pesticides can get ingested into body even through skin contact.
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