Farm Loan Waivers

A 55-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide in a village in Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Narayanpur district, officials said on Saturday.

The Congress on Sunday released its manifesto for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, promising caste census, loan waiver to farmers, Rs 3,200 for per quintal for paddy procurement and subsidised cooking gas cylinders to women under a new scheme.

In a major announcement ahead of the next month's assembly polls, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said if his party Congress retains power in the state, loans of farmers will be written off.

The Congress in Madhya Pradesh has promised that if it is voted to power in the state assembly polls next year, it would reintroduce the farm loan waiver scheme that it had brought after forming a government in 2018.

Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor, today promised loan waivers of Rs 2 lakh to farmers in Gujarat should AAP come to power.

Many states are spending high amounts on populist schemes and with the GST compensation ending in June, they need to re-prioritise their expenditure

The government has not given any farm loan waiver to farmers in the last five years and this year so far, Parliament was informed on Monday.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday promised to waive loans of all farmers and withdraw all "fake cases" lodged against them if it is voted to power in Uttar Pradesh.

Demanding a complete waiver of farm loans and compensation to the relatives of those who died during the anti-farm laws stir, farmers blocked railway tracks at various places in Punjab for the second day on Tuesday, affecting the movement of 156

If voted to power in Gujarat in the 2022 Assembly polls, the Congress government will take a decision to waive all the agricultural loans in the first Cabinet meeting, newly-appointed state Congress unit president Jagdish Thakor said on Monday.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked PM Narendra Modi, saying that he flies in an Rs 8,000 crore aircraft to address a rally but can't waive the debt of farmers.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday targeted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his home turf of Gorakhpur and made a flurry of poll promises, including farm loan waiver and purchasing wheat and paddy at Rs 2500 per quintal.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday rolled out a Rs 520 crore debt relief scheme for 2.85 lakh farm labourers and landless farmers on the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The government on Monday said there is no proposal under consideration to waive loans of farmers, including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers.

Refuting the BJP's allegation that the Rajasthan government has not kept its promise of waiving farmers' loans, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday asserted that his government has waived farm loans worth over Rs 14,000 crore in the state.

A 55-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide in a village in Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Narayanpur district, officials said on Saturday.

The Congress on Sunday released its manifesto for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, promising caste census, loan waiver to farmers, Rs 3,200 for per quintal for paddy procurement and subsidised cooking gas cylinders to women under a new scheme.

In a major announcement ahead of the next month's assembly polls, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said if his party Congress retains power in the state, loans of farmers will be written off.

The Congress in Madhya Pradesh has promised that if it is voted to power in the state assembly polls next year, it would reintroduce the farm loan waiver scheme that it had brought after forming a government in 2018.

Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor, today promised loan waivers of Rs 2 lakh to farmers in Gujarat should AAP come to power.

Many states are spending high amounts on populist schemes and with the GST compensation ending in June, they need to re-prioritise their expenditure

The government has not given any farm loan waiver to farmers in the last five years and this year so far, Parliament was informed on Monday.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday promised to waive loans of all farmers and withdraw all "fake cases" lodged against them if it is voted to power in Uttar Pradesh.

Demanding a complete waiver of farm loans and compensation to the relatives of those who died during the anti-farm laws stir, farmers blocked railway tracks at various places in Punjab for the second day on Tuesday, affecting the movement of 156

If voted to power in Gujarat in the 2022 Assembly polls, the Congress government will take a decision to waive all the agricultural loans in the first Cabinet meeting, newly-appointed state Congress unit president Jagdish Thakor said on Monday.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked PM Narendra Modi, saying that he flies in an Rs 8,000 crore aircraft to address a rally but can't waive the debt of farmers.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday targeted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his home turf of Gorakhpur and made a flurry of poll promises, including farm loan waiver and purchasing wheat and paddy at Rs 2500 per quintal.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday rolled out a Rs 520 crore debt relief scheme for 2.85 lakh farm labourers and landless farmers on the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The government on Monday said there is no proposal under consideration to waive loans of farmers, including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers.

Refuting the BJP's allegation that the Rajasthan government has not kept its promise of waiving farmers' loans, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday asserted that his government has waived farm loans worth over Rs 14,000 crore in the state.