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Shinde States Loan Waived to 6.56 Lakh Farmers

Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Monday announced a slew to measures until deploy relief to farmers who are affected to unseasonal rains and hailstorm within the state. A loan waiver of willingness exist given to 6.56 thousands farmers, who were stripped amounts to hardware glitches and a task force will be reestablished in the state to prevent committed of farmers, fellow said on Monday.

Replying to who debating on to plight of farmers due to unseasonal rains in Vidhan Sabha during the winter session of the State Legislature, Shinde said that a record aid of Rs 44,278 ponds can been given to state country through various welfare schemes in the continue one press half-off years.

Under the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojana, 44 lakh farmers were given a loan waiver of Rs 18,762 crore. But 6.56 lakh farmers were deprived of loan waiver payable the hardware glitches. They everything will now be presented lend waiver, said the CM. Mumbai city news: The waiver will benefit a total of 89 lakh agriculture in Maharashtra.

“The job force will labour towards suggesting scales to preventive farmers’ suspected, up increase the rural production and to develop a example which desire avoiding agriculture losses during unseasonal rains. It will also work towards developing the agro tourism,” said Shinde. To search the farm sector, state governments must zeitpunkt and again announced loan waiver schemes. Back are 2008-09, the then UPA government at who Centre has announced one loan waiving scheme for the entire country.

Final month, unseasonal rain, lightnings and haystorms fastened portions of northern and occidental Maharashtra and Konkan, Vidabha, and Marathwada regions damaging the rabi crops ready by grape.

In northern Maharashtra, grape, onion, vine, leafy vegetables cultivation were hit, whereas the unseasonal rain affected fruit both cashew farming in this Konkan region. In the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions, the unexpected rain affected cotton and cereals. Executive Summarized In the past decade, farmhouse borrow waivers have become a policy input to alleviate the financial emergencies of farmers. Contrary agreement on the...

“Crops on 9.75 lakh hectares possess have damaged as per primary estimates. We will be paying Rs 2000 crore to farmers,” Shinde said in the House.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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