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5 booked after Gujarat farmer writes to CM: Want to sell kidney to repay my loans
March 16, 2023 1:24 am
Amreli police said that they arrested Kantibhai Radadiya (60), a resident of Kotda Pitha village in Babra taluka of Amreli on Wednesday after farmer Ghoha Gajera filed the complaint Tuesday.
Punjab farmers borrow five times more than counterparts in Maharashtra, four times more than those in UP: Study
April 22, 2022 7:01 pm
The study revealed that in all the three states together, more than 40 per cent of the “very highly” distressed surveyed farmers did not receive any farm loan waiver (FLW) benefits.
35 paise loan waived, UP farmer still has Rs 78,000 to repay
September 28, 2017 3:34 am
In April this year, a month after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came to power, the government announced a loan waiver scheme for small and marginal farmers.
Agriculture, power, auto pressure adds to cloud of bad loans
August 14, 2017 9:34 am
The State Bank of India leads with sanctions of Rs 3,965 crore, followed by Bank of India and Bank of Baroda, with amounts sanctioned of over Rs 1,200 crore each, according to government data updated till December 2015.
Rajasthan: Unable to pay loan, farmer commits suicide
July 06, 2017 4:13 pm
Locals claimed that the farmer and his family were suffering from a financial crisis for the past few years due to severe crop loss caused by natural calamities. He had mortgaged his land to take a loan but failed to pay it back.
Kerala: Farmer commits suicide outside village office, official suspended
June 22, 2017 6:48 pm
Village Assistant Sireesh, who is suspected to have a role in the harassment, has been suspended over the incident. Joy’s brother said that his brother was threatened by the officials and was unable to bear the mental torture.
Farmers have got nothing in return for ensuring national food security
June 22, 2017 11:10 am
PM Modi had promised that all loans would be waived, as part of the ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ poll promise, yet the UP government decided to waive loans of only about 25 per cent of the farmers, whereas Maharashtra waived loans of Rs 30,000 crores.
Shiv Sena takes credit for farmer loan waiver decision
June 13, 2017 1:16 pm
The Sena said the protests by farmers had its backing and the party's message was "either to announce a complete loan waiver or get strangulated to death".
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