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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 'Robbed' of loan waiver, Tulluru farmers wary of land pooling

'Robbed' of loan waiver, Tulluru farmers wary of land pooling

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published Published on Nov 10, 2014   modified Modified on Nov 10, 2014
-The Times of India

VIJAYAWADA: Farmers in the proposed Andhra Pradesh capital region are putting up a strong resistance to the AP government's plans of land pooling as many of them were recently declared ineligible for farm loan waiver.

According to the initial lists of beneficiaries circulated in local banks, a majority of farmers in the region were declared ineligible for loan waiver thanks to new restrictions imposed by the government. For instance, sources said farmers of Tulluru mandal, where some of the villages were included in the first phase of capital area demarcated on Saturday, secured agriculture loans from Guntur district cooperative central bank to the tune of nearly Rs 11 crore in the last two years. With TDP promising to waive all farm loans if elected to power, farmers did not clear their dues.

After coming to power in June, the Chandrababu Naidu government appointed an experts' committee to formulate guidelines for implementation of the waiver scheme. After dilly-dallying for about two months, the experts committee submitted its report in August, after which the government issued a GO.

However, the government kept on amending the guidelines of the scheme, finally eliminating all horticulture crops from the waiver benefit. "Most of the farmers in Tulluru mandal cultivate horticulture crops and they lost the benefit due to the mindless regulation," criticised K Seshagiri Rao of Mandadam village.

Sources said farmers growing horticulture crops had borrowed loans totaling Rs 6 crore, while those growing paddy and other crops secured loans worth Rs 5 crore. Besides losing the waiver benefit, these farmers are now forced to pay Rs 14,000 interest on every Rs 1 lakh loan due to the delay in repayment, said another farmer Sambasiva Rao.

Subsequently, rules like lack of Aadhaar and multiple accounts in one family eliminated waiver eligibility of thousands of other farmers. Similarly, farmers growing paddy, cotton and commercial crops too lost the benefit due to new restrictions, said local farmers.

"The government failed to keep up its loan waiver promise. How can farmers believe that the government will keep up its word on land pooling scheme if they part with their fertile lands?" wonders Mallela Harindranath Chowdary, a local farmer leader.

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Most of the farmers in Tulluru mandal cultivate horticulture crops and they lost the benefit due to the mindless regulation - K Seshagiri Rao, resident of Mandadam village


The Times of India, 10 November, 2014, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Robbed-of-loan-waiver-Tulluru-farmers-wary-of-land-pooling/articleshow/45092028.cms


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