Subsidised Loans

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.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday promised several measures, including waiving of loans of SHGs, subsidised cooking gas cylinders under a new scheme, and free treatment to road accident victims if Congress retains power in Chhattisgarh.

The centre is considering spending Rs 60,000 crores ($7.2 billion) to provide subsidised loans for small urban housing over the next five years, two government sources told Reuters.

Hero MotoCorp has announced a financial package for its dealer partners to help them sustain and ride the Coronavirus storm which has made a mess of the Indian auto industry.

India is considering a plan to offer subsidised loans to mobile handset manufacturers in a bid to attract Apple and Samsung’s suppliers to open factories in the nation, a government official is claimed to say.

Ten days after he was sent to a jail in Haryana for failing to repay a bank loan, a 65-year-old farmer died in jail on Tuesday. Ranbir Singh died on the same day thousands of farmers protested near Delhi demanding loan waiver, pension and subsidised electricity and fuel.

"To ensure hassle-free benefits to farmers under the Interest Subvention Scheme, the banks are advised to make Aadhaar linkage mandatory for availing of short-term crop loans in 2017-18," RBI said in a notification to banks.

In a special televised speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced new schemes to provide subsidised housing for the urban and rural poor. "To help the middle class and the poor buy or build homes, the government has brought two schemes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana," PM Modi said.

As part of an immediate relief package to drought-hit farmers and rural population, the government should take the load of their bank loan payments upon itself and provide food grains at subsidised rates, Assocham President Sunil Kanoria said here on Tuesday.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Saturday that when alumni give back to the university, it is a way of subsidising the costs of future generations.

Calling for a re-think on easy credit, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has said banks are actually subsidising student education loans for overseas studies under the priority sector lending (PSL) segment.

India will consider giving subsidised diesel, cheaper loans and extra seeds to farmers if rains turn out to be poor this year, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said, adding the country was ready to deal with a patchy monsoon.

India will consider giving subsidised diesel, cheaper loans and extra seeds to farmers if rains turn out to be poor this year, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said, adding the country was ready to deal with a patchy monsoon.

The government announced loans at a subsidised interest rate of six per cent for farmers who pay their dues in time.

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.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday promised several measures, including waiving of loans of SHGs, subsidised cooking gas cylinders under a new scheme, and free treatment to road accident victims if Congress retains power in Chhattisgarh.

The centre is considering spending Rs 60,000 crores ($7.2 billion) to provide subsidised loans for small urban housing over the next five years, two government sources told Reuters.

Hero MotoCorp has announced a financial package for its dealer partners to help them sustain and ride the Coronavirus storm which has made a mess of the Indian auto industry.

India is considering a plan to offer subsidised loans to mobile handset manufacturers in a bid to attract Apple and Samsung’s suppliers to open factories in the nation, a government official is claimed to say.

Ten days after he was sent to a jail in Haryana for failing to repay a bank loan, a 65-year-old farmer died in jail on Tuesday. Ranbir Singh died on the same day thousands of farmers protested near Delhi demanding loan waiver, pension and subsidised electricity and fuel.

"To ensure hassle-free benefits to farmers under the Interest Subvention Scheme, the banks are advised to make Aadhaar linkage mandatory for availing of short-term crop loans in 2017-18," RBI said in a notification to banks.

In a special televised speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced new schemes to provide subsidised housing for the urban and rural poor. "To help the middle class and the poor buy or build homes, the government has brought two schemes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana," PM Modi said.

As part of an immediate relief package to drought-hit farmers and rural population, the government should take the load of their bank loan payments upon itself and provide food grains at subsidised rates, Assocham President Sunil Kanoria said here on Tuesday.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Saturday that when alumni give back to the university, it is a way of subsidising the costs of future generations.

Calling for a re-think on easy credit, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has said banks are actually subsidising student education loans for overseas studies under the priority sector lending (PSL) segment.

India will consider giving subsidised diesel, cheaper loans and extra seeds to farmers if rains turn out to be poor this year, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said, adding the country was ready to deal with a patchy monsoon.

India will consider giving subsidised diesel, cheaper loans and extra seeds to farmers if rains turn out to be poor this year, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said, adding the country was ready to deal with a patchy monsoon.

The government announced loans at a subsidised interest rate of six per cent for farmers who pay their dues in time.