'Promise Met', Says Team Adityanath, Waiving Farm Loans In First Cabinet Meet | Read

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh today decided at a cabinet meeting to write off farm loans worth almost Rs. 40,000 crore. Minister Siddharth Nath Singh said after the meeting that the decision met an election promise of the BJP and would help 2.15 crores or 92.5 per cent of UP's farmers. It was the first cabinet meeting held by Chief Minster Yogi Adityanath since he took oath 15 days ago, delayed because he wanted to keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise of a farm loan waiver.