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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Arun Jaitley rules out help for farm loan waivers to states; Yogi Adityanath, Devendra Fadnavis in a spot

Arun Jaitley rules out help for farm loan waivers to states; Yogi Adityanath, Devendra Fadnavis in a spot

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published Published on Mar 28, 2017   modified Modified on Mar 28, 2017
-Firstpost.com

Putting state governments that promised loan waivers for farmers in difficulty, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday ruled out such waivers by the Centre insisting states can utilise their own resources in this regard.

He clarified that the Centre will not adopt a selective approach by helping one state and not the others. The move is likely to put even BJP governments, including Devendra Fadnavis administration in Maharashtra and the newly elected one under Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh, in a spot.

"This issue (loan waiver) has cropped up in several states. The Centre has its policies for agriculture sector under which we provide interest subvention and other support. We will continue to give all that.

"If a state has its own resources and want to go ahead in that direction, it will have to find its resources. The situation where the Centre will help one state and not the others will not arise," Jaitley said in the Rajya Sabha.

However, agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh had said the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh will waive off loans of small and marginal farmers as has been promised in the party's state election manifesto in the recent assembly polls.

The Congress had demanded that the government announce a loan waiver for farmers across the country as was done by the UPA in 2006 and not just for Uttar Pradesh where the BJP has returned to power with a major mandate. The clarification from Jaitley came in this context.

There has been demand for loan waivers from states such as Rajasthan and Punjab too.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and made a strong pitch for a one-time loan waiver for the debt-ridden farmers of the state.

Singh met Modi in his Parliament complex office, first time after becoming the Chief Minister.

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Firstpost.com, 24 March, 2017, http://www.firstpost.com/business/arun-jaitley-rules-out-help-for-farm-loan-waivers-to-states-yogi-adityanath-devendra-fadnavis-in-a-spot-3349898.html


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