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RBI Revises Norms For Banks On Interest Subvention Scheme On Crop Loan
RBI on Thursday modified norms for banks to claim the amount of interest subvention provided to farmers under the short-term crop loan scheme
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MSP For Every Crop, Akhilesh Yadav's Pre-Poll Promise To Farmers
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Monday made several promises to the farmers of Uttar Pradesh including MSP for every crop, free irrigation facilities, payment of arrears to cane-growers in 15 days, interest-free loans, and insurance and pension.
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Rajasthan To Bring One-Time Crop Loan Waiver Scheme: Chief Minister
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said the state government will give relief to poor farmers by bringing a one-time scheme to waive crop loans taken from nationalised banks.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmer Dies By Suicide, Familly Blames Debt And Crop Loss
A 37-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide after being unable to repay loans and suffering crop losses in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, police said today.
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Rahul Gandhi Seeks Moratorium On Repayment Of Short-Term Crop Loans
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging her to extend the moratorium on repayment of short-term crop loans by farmers to December 31, 2021.
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Maharashtra Proposes 0% Interest On Farm Loans Upto Rs 3 Lakh
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday presented the state budget for 2021-22 in the state assembly and said the government has decided to provide zero per cent interest loans to farmers who take crop loans up to a limit of Rs 3 lakh and make timely repayment.
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Tamil Nadu Government Rolls Out Rs 12,110 Crore Crop Loan Waiver Scheme
Marking the rollout of the Rs 12,110 crore crop loan waiver scheme for over 16 lakh ryots in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday gave away certificates to nine farmers in Chennai.
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Maharashtra Farmers Whose Loan Exceeds Rs 2 Lakh Ineligible For Waiver
Farmers whose crop loan, taken between April 2015 and March 2019, is more than Rs two lakh,will not be eligible for the loan waiver scheme announced by the Uddhav Thackeray-led 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' government in Maharashtra last week.
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Rahul Gandhi Writes To RBI Governor, Seeks Relief For Kerala Farmers
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, urging that the moratorium on repayment of crop loans be extended to December 31 for farmers in Kerala in the wake of floods in the state.
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How Bad Is Maharashtra Farmer Crisis? 8 Suicides Every Day For 4 Years
As many as 12,021 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra from 2015 to 2018 for reasons that included bank loans and crop failure, averaging eight deaths a day. This number is over double that of the preceding four-year period from January 2011 to December 2014, when 6,268 farmers killed themselves.
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Unable To Repay Rs 9,000 Loan, Madhya Pradesh Farmer Commits Suicide
A farmer committed suicide in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, the home constituency of Chief Minister Kamal Nath. Akadu Ooeke, a resident of Meghasiwni village, was found hanging from a shed in his field this morning.
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DMK To Waive Crop Loans Of "All Sections Of Farmers"
A day after assuring waiver of crop loans of small and marginal farmers in its manifesto, the DMK on Wednesday said that it would extend the benefit to all sections of farmers.
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DMK Poll Manifesto Highlights Jobs, Crop Loan Waiver, More Reservation
Tamil Nadu's opposition DMK, which is contesting the election in alliance with the Congress, has based its manifesto for the coming national elections on three key promises - jobs, crop loan waiver for farmers and reservation in private sector for urban population
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Unable To Repay Loans, 8 Kerala Farmers Commit Suicide Since January
After the widespread devastation in the August 2018 floods, a series of farmers' suicides have rocked Kerala's high range Idukki district,where eight people have ended their lives in the last two months due to debt following crop failure or loss of livelihood.
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Night Without Food, Shelter For Protesting Maharashtra Farmers: 10 Points
For the second time in a year, thousands of farmers are marching for their rights after talks with the Maharashtra government remained inconclusive last night. After spending the night without food and shelter over their heads at Nashik maidan, farmers this morning started their march. They will walk 180 km from Nashik to Mumbai on foot, protesting...
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RBI Revises Norms For Banks On Interest Subvention Scheme On Crop Loan
RBI on Thursday modified norms for banks to claim the amount of interest subvention provided to farmers under the short-term crop loan scheme
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MSP For Every Crop, Akhilesh Yadav's Pre-Poll Promise To Farmers
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Monday made several promises to the farmers of Uttar Pradesh including MSP for every crop, free irrigation facilities, payment of arrears to cane-growers in 15 days, interest-free loans, and insurance and pension.
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Rajasthan To Bring One-Time Crop Loan Waiver Scheme: Chief Minister
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said the state government will give relief to poor farmers by bringing a one-time scheme to waive crop loans taken from nationalised banks.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmer Dies By Suicide, Familly Blames Debt And Crop Loss
A 37-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide after being unable to repay loans and suffering crop losses in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, police said today.
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Rahul Gandhi Seeks Moratorium On Repayment Of Short-Term Crop Loans
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging her to extend the moratorium on repayment of short-term crop loans by farmers to December 31, 2021.
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Maharashtra Proposes 0% Interest On Farm Loans Upto Rs 3 Lakh
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday presented the state budget for 2021-22 in the state assembly and said the government has decided to provide zero per cent interest loans to farmers who take crop loans up to a limit of Rs 3 lakh and make timely repayment.
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Tamil Nadu Government Rolls Out Rs 12,110 Crore Crop Loan Waiver Scheme
Marking the rollout of the Rs 12,110 crore crop loan waiver scheme for over 16 lakh ryots in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday gave away certificates to nine farmers in Chennai.
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Maharashtra Farmers Whose Loan Exceeds Rs 2 Lakh Ineligible For Waiver
Farmers whose crop loan, taken between April 2015 and March 2019, is more than Rs two lakh,will not be eligible for the loan waiver scheme announced by the Uddhav Thackeray-led 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' government in Maharashtra last week.
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Rahul Gandhi Writes To RBI Governor, Seeks Relief For Kerala Farmers
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, urging that the moratorium on repayment of crop loans be extended to December 31 for farmers in Kerala in the wake of floods in the state.
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How Bad Is Maharashtra Farmer Crisis? 8 Suicides Every Day For 4 Years
As many as 12,021 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra from 2015 to 2018 for reasons that included bank loans and crop failure, averaging eight deaths a day. This number is over double that of the preceding four-year period from January 2011 to December 2014, when 6,268 farmers killed themselves.
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Unable To Repay Rs 9,000 Loan, Madhya Pradesh Farmer Commits Suicide
A farmer committed suicide in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, the home constituency of Chief Minister Kamal Nath. Akadu Ooeke, a resident of Meghasiwni village, was found hanging from a shed in his field this morning.
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DMK To Waive Crop Loans Of "All Sections Of Farmers"
A day after assuring waiver of crop loans of small and marginal farmers in its manifesto, the DMK on Wednesday said that it would extend the benefit to all sections of farmers.
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DMK Poll Manifesto Highlights Jobs, Crop Loan Waiver, More Reservation
Tamil Nadu's opposition DMK, which is contesting the election in alliance with the Congress, has based its manifesto for the coming national elections on three key promises - jobs, crop loan waiver for farmers and reservation in private sector for urban population
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Unable To Repay Loans, 8 Kerala Farmers Commit Suicide Since January
After the widespread devastation in the August 2018 floods, a series of farmers' suicides have rocked Kerala's high range Idukki district,where eight people have ended their lives in the last two months due to debt following crop failure or loss of livelihood.
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Night Without Food, Shelter For Protesting Maharashtra Farmers: 10 Points
For the second time in a year, thousands of farmers are marching for their rights after talks with the Maharashtra government remained inconclusive last night. After spending the night without food and shelter over their heads at Nashik maidan, farmers this morning started their march. They will walk 180 km from Nashik to Mumbai on foot, protesting...
