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Around 430 small and marginal farmers and farm labourers in Punjab committed suicide in last one year: Bhartiya Kisan Union

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2019

Despite the farm loan waiver scheme, the farmer suicide seems to be on a rise.

News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Farmer gets loan waiver only Rs. 13 against a loan of Rs. 24,000

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2019

The farmer was expecting a complete waiver of his loan amount of Rs 23,815 but the Panchayat list only suggests that only Rs.13 will be waived off.

News Reports

Many farmers across Madhya Pradesh discover only Rs 25-30 to few hundred rupees of farm loan waived by govt

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2019

Famers claim that loan waiver scheme only benefited them by mere Rs 25-30, even though loan amounts to Rs 1 lakh

Another farmer loan waiver scam? Rs 120 crore non-existent farm loans ‘waived off’ in Madhya Pradesh

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2019

Some farmers in Madhya Pradesh with no liability have claimed that the farm loans have been waived against their names

Government and Policy

Congress reduced farmers to mere vote banks, we are committed to empower them: PM Modi

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2019

PM Modi also added that his government is committed to double farmers' income by 2022.

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.

News Reports

Kisan Kumbh: BJP to reach out to farmers across the country ahead of 2019 elections

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2019

The BJP is set to hold 'Kisan Kumbh' at two and a half lakh Panchayat Samitis and also at more than seven thousand Krishi Mandis of the country.

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

Karnataka: Farm loan burden drives a family of six to commit suicide

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2019

In December, two farmers in Karnataka committed suicide due to inability to repay their loan debts

Government and Policy

‘Farmers are considered as a mere vote bank by Congress’: PM Modi in Jharkhand

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2019

PM Modi alleged that Congress policy of granting loan waiver hides their years of inefficiency which compelled a farmer to borrow loans

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