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Government and Policy

Forgive us, we could not fulfill Rahul Gandhi’s farm loan waiver promise: Kamal Nath’s minister concedes failure in Madhya Pradesh

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2020

Farm loan waiver was a major promise made in the run up to Madhya Pradesh elections by Rahul Gandhi

News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Farmers block Damoh-Sagar highway over protests

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2019

The problems for the farmers in Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh only seems to be on the rise

News Reports

Punjab: Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide as his loan does not meet Congress government’s loan waiver criteria

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2019

The local farmer union has claimed that many farmers are distressed in the state as their loans do not meet the terms and conditions set by the Congress government to obtain a waiver.

Rajasthan: Loan waiver scam brewing in state? Non-existent names found in the list of beneficiaries

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2019

Congress' farm loan waiver promise seems to have fallen flat

News Reports

Even after all the failed promises of farm loan waiver, Congress promises the same in Haryana

OpIndia Staff - 28 December, 2018

In actual implementation of farm loan waiver by Congress governments, there are too many conditions, and many farmers are excluded

News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Two farmers commit suicide within a week of loan waiver announcement by Kamal Nath

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2018

This is the second case of farmer suicide in Madhya Pradesh despite Congress government's 'loan waiver schemes'.

News Reports

Second farmer suicide within five days in Congress ruled Karnataka

OpIndia Staff - 21 December, 2018

The Karnataka government had recently admitted that their 44,000 crores farm loan waiver has helped only 800 farmers so far.

Economy and Finance

Farmer loan waivers tell us why Congress has no agenda

Chitra sharma - 20 December, 2018

Congress had announced a similar farmer loan waiver in 2008 which led it to a victory in the 2009 elections

Media

Reuters quoted ‘source’ to say Modi govt will waive farmer loans on a day Union Minister said there was no such plan

OpIndia Staff - 13 December, 2018

While it is not clear why Reuters did such reporting, people were speculating this could be a fake news spread by the Congress-friendly media on behest of Congress to pressurise Modi government.

Fact Check: Congress and The Wire spread falsehoods about Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

Ashutosh Kulkarni - 3 December, 2018

If in spite of loan waivers by three big states, the farmers under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana drop by mere 84 lakh out of whopping 5.72 crores, isn’t it an indicator that the scheme is still alive and kicking?

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