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A farmer walks past a field as dark clouds hover over Amritsar. It is a harsh reality that the country with the highest growth rate is also home for the largest number of poor on the planet. (Photo: PTI)

State will probe farm loan a/c discrepancy'

Number of farm loan accounts stated by banks reduce by 13 lakh.

11 Oct 2017 2:53 AM IST

The Maharashtra government has declared a Rs 34,022 crore farm loan waiver for the benefit of 89 lakh farmers.

Congress flays govt for constant changes in loan waiver scheme

However, the government is lying by insisting that the number of defaulting farmers has been calculated from 2012.

27 April 2018 7:44 AM IST

The total amount deposited will be less than Rs 20,000cr.

Farm loan waiver to benefit not more than 50 lakh

The total amount that would be deposited into farmers' accounts will be less than Rs 20,000 crore.

11 April 2018 2:33 AM IST

Almost 81 lakh farmers enrolled for the scheme in 2017 and nearly Rs 3,400 crore was transferred to the insurance companies.

Farm loan waivers to touch USD 40 bn by 2019 elections: report

Farm loan waivers really amount to about 1.5 per cent of gross domestic product.

6 July 2018 1:52 PM IST

The protesting farmers had ended their march at Kisan Ghat in Delhi early on Wednesday after the police, which had stopped them on the citys border, allowed their entry. (Photo: PTI/File)

Generalised farm loan waiver impacts credit culture: RBI Governor

Earlier this year, the coalition government in Karnataka also announced a farm loan waiver.

7 Jan 2019 4:01 PM IST

Can farmers discontent be amended with two months left for the Lok Sabha elections?

RBI raises collateral-free farm loan limit to Rs 1.6 lakh

Currently, the banks are mandated to extend collateral-free agricultural loans up to Rs 1 lakh.

7 Feb 2019 12:51 PM IST

RBI said farmers can avail of short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakh at subsidised interest rate of 7 per cent. Photo: PTI

Govt mulls zero interest on timely crop loan repayment as new year...

The government has set a target to provide Rs 11 lakh crore credit to farmers in the current fiscal.

28 Dec 2018 3:08 PM IST

Farm loan waivers to farmers have been sugested to placate agricultural crisis in country. (Photo: PTI)

Will make state famers a debt-free community: Maha govt

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announces that homeless would be provided houses by 2019.

15 Aug 2017 5:15 PM IST

The GR also said the Rs 10,000 loan would be given only to those who want to sow crops for the Kharif season.

Bombay HC says no to PIL on farm loan

Plea challenged a GR that said Rs 10K loan will be given only to needy.

21 July 2017 2:21 AM IST

SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya. (Photo: Twitter)

Farm loan waivers upset credit discipline: SBI Chairman

Arundhati Bhattacharya said bank has not received any proposal to waive off farm loans in Uttar Pradesh.

15 March 2017 2:23 PM IST

RBI governor Urjit Patel

Farm loan waivers risk fiscal slippages, inflation: RBI

About 1.07 crore farmers with less than five acres of land would be eligible for it.

7 Jun 2017 4:17 PM IST

To provide relief to farmers hit by natural calamities, the government has decided to give two per cent interest subsidy for the first year on the restructured amount. (Photo: PTI)

Farm loan waivers may lead to fiscal slippages: report

Domestic brokerage firm said around Rs 1.6 trillion of farm loans could come up for waiver.

16 Jun 2017 1:21 PM IST