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&lt;em&gt;The state&amp;rsquo;s expenditure on agriculture and irrigation has fallen since 2013-&amp;rsquo;14. &lt;br /&gt;
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In the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on October 16 announced that his government would offer interest free-loans to farmers who borrow up to Rs 3 lakh and pay the amount back on time. Many Opposition politics criticised this as a populist measure, aimed at garnering votes for Rupani&amp;rsquo;s Bharatiya Janata Party.&lt;br /&gt;
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Reducing the interest burden of farmers in times of rural distress can often prove beneficial. But agricultural economists say that this is not the best way to help farmers. Loans from the formal banking sector are most often cornered by rich farmers, studies show. As a result, cuts in the interest rates on such borrowings disproportionately benefit the affuent. Besides, if the money spent to reduce rates comes at the cost of long-term investment in infrastructure that could truly make the agriculture sector sustainable, the measure could actually be harmful.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Who benefits from loans?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Reducing the interest burden of farmers in times of rural distress can often prove beneficial. But agricultural economists say that this is not the best way to help farmers. Loans from the formal banking sector are most often cornered by rich farmers, studies show. As a result, cuts in the interest rates on such borrowings disproportionately benefit the affuent. Besides, if the money spent to reduce rates comes at the cost of long-term investment in infrastructure that could truly make the agriculture sector sustainable, the measure could actually be harmful.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A glance at Gujarat&amp;rsquo;s own agriculture spending shows show this is playing out in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Who benefits from loans?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When banks offer short-term agriculture loans, they come with an interest rate of 9%. But since 2006-&amp;rsquo;07, central and state governments have stepped in to subsidise these loans. In 2017-&amp;rsquo;18, for instance, the Union government has committed more than Rs 20,000 crore funds as a subsidy for banks so that farmers across the country will pay only 4% on their borrowings.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on October 16 announced that his government would offer interest free-loans to farmers who borrow up to Rs 3 lakh and pay the amount back on time. Many Opposition politics criticised this as a populist measure, aimed at garnering votes for Rupani&amp;rsquo;s Bharatiya Janata Party.&lt;br /&gt;
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Reducing the interest burden of farmers in times of rural distress can often prove beneficial. But agricultural economists say that this is not the best way to help farmers. Loans from the formal banking sector are most often cornered by rich farmers, studies show. As a result, cuts in the interest rates on such borrowings disproportionately benefit the affuent. Besides, if the money spent to reduce rates comes at the cost of long-term investment in infrastructure that could truly make the agriculture sector sustainable, the measure could actually be harmful.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Who benefits from loans?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When banks offer short-term agriculture loans, they come with an interest rate of 9%. But since 2006-&amp;rsquo;07, central and state governments have stepped in to subsidise these loans. In 2017-&amp;rsquo;18, for instance, the Union government has committed more than Rs 20,000 crore funds as a subsidy for banks so that farmers across the country will pay only 4% on their borrowings.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Reducing the interest burden of farmers in times of rural distress can often prove beneficial. But agricultural economists say that this is not the best way to help farmers. Loans from the formal banking sector are most often cornered by rich farmers, studies show. As a result, cuts in the interest rates on such borrowings disproportionately benefit the affuent. Besides, if the money spent to reduce rates comes at the cost of long-term investment in infrastructure that could truly make the agriculture sector sustainable, the measure could actually be harmful.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on October 16 announced that his government would offer interest free-loans to farmers who borrow up to Rs 3 lakh and pay the amount back on time. Many Opposition politics criticised this as a populist measure, aimed at garnering votes for Rupani&amp;rsquo;s Bharatiya Janata Party.&lt;br /&gt;
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Reducing the interest burden of farmers in times of rural distress can often prove beneficial. But agricultural economists say that this is not the best way to help farmers. Loans from the formal banking sector are most often cornered by rich farmers, studies show. As a result, cuts in the interest rates on such borrowings disproportionately benefit the affuent. Besides, if the money spent to reduce rates comes at the cost of long-term investment in infrastructure that could truly make the agriculture sector sustainable, the measure could actually be harmful.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;The state&amp;rsquo;s expenditure on agriculture and irrigation has fallen since 2013-&amp;rsquo;14. &lt;br /&gt;
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In the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on October 16 announced that his government would offer interest free-loans to farmers who borrow up to Rs 3 lakh and pay the amount back on time. Many Opposition politics criticised this as a populist measure, aimed at garnering votes for Rupani&amp;rsquo;s Bharatiya Janata Party.&lt;br /&gt;
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Reducing the interest burden of farmers in times of rural distress can often prove beneficial. But agricultural economists say that this is not the best way to help farmers. Loans from the formal banking sector are most often cornered by rich farmers, studies show. As a result, cuts in the interest rates on such borrowings disproportionately benefit the affuent. Besides, if the money spent to reduce rates comes at the cost of long-term investment in infrastructure that could truly make the agriculture sector sustainable, the measure could actually be harmful.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A glance at Gujarat&amp;rsquo;s own agriculture spending shows show this is playing out in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Who benefits from loans?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When banks offer short-term agriculture loans, they come with an interest rate of 9%. But since 2006-&amp;rsquo;07, central and state governments have stepped in to subsidise these loans. In 2017-&amp;rsquo;18, for instance, the Union government has committed more than Rs 20,000 crore funds as a subsidy for banks so that farmers across the country will pay only 4% on their borrowings.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Topping up the Centre&amp;rsquo;s subsidy, the Gujarat government had for 2017-&amp;rsquo;18 offered loans for as little as 1% to farmers, dairy farmers, fishermen and cooperatives run by them. The BJP&amp;rsquo;s decision to bear the entire interest burden will cost the state roughly Rs 700 crore in the current financial year, the state estimates.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In May, the State Level Bankers&amp;rsquo; Committee of Gujarat reported that the banks had only met only 80% of their target for loans to farmers. Of the total loans given in 2016-&amp;rsquo;17 by formal banking channels in Gujarat, 16.73% went to farmers and only 5.14% of the total lending by banking institutions was to small and marginal farmers. Less than a third of the small and marginal farmers holding below 2 hectares took loans from the formal banking sector. But more than 50% of the medium and large farmers got loans from banks.&lt;br /&gt;
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About 60% of the short-term loaned out amount goes to the small and marginal farmers in Gujarat who constitute more than 85% of the landholding farmers in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
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<em>The state&rsquo;s expenditure on agriculture and irrigation has fallen since 2013-&rsquo;14. <br />
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In the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on October 16 announced that his government would offer interest free-loans to farmers who borrow up to Rs 3 lakh and pay the amount back on time. Many Opposition politics criticised this as a populist measure, aimed at garnering votes for Rupani&rsquo;s Bharatiya Janata Party.<br />
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Reducing the interest burden of farmers in times of rural distress can often prove beneficial. But agricultural economists say that this is not the best way to help farmers. Loans from the formal banking sector are most often cornered by rich farmers, studies show. As a result, cuts in the interest rates on such borrowings disproportionately benefit the affuent. Besides, if the money spent to reduce rates comes at the cost of long-term investment in infrastructure that could truly make the agriculture sector sustainable, the measure could actually be harmful.<br />
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A glance at Gujarat&rsquo;s own agriculture spending shows show this is playing out in the state.<br />
<br />
<em>Who benefits from loans?<br />
</em><br />
When banks offer short-term agriculture loans, they come with an interest rate of 9%. But since 2006-&rsquo;07, central and state governments have stepped in to subsidise these loans. In 2017-&rsquo;18, for instance, the Union government has committed more than Rs 20,000 crore funds as a subsidy for banks so that farmers across the country will pay only 4% on their borrowings.<br />
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Topping up the Centre&rsquo;s subsidy, the Gujarat government had for 2017-&rsquo;18 offered loans for as little as 1% to farmers, dairy farmers, fishermen and cooperatives run by them. The BJP&rsquo;s decision to bear the entire interest burden will cost the state roughly Rs 700 crore in the current financial year, the state estimates.<br />
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In May, the State Level Bankers&rsquo; Committee of Gujarat reported that the banks had only met only 80% of their target for loans to farmers. Of the total loans given in 2016-&rsquo;17 by formal banking channels in Gujarat, 16.73% went to farmers and only 5.14% of the total lending by banking institutions was to small and marginal farmers. Less than a third of the small and marginal farmers holding below 2 hectares took loans from the formal banking sector. But more than 50% of the medium and large farmers got loans from banks.<br />
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About 60% of the short-term loaned out amount goes to the small and marginal farmers in Gujarat who constitute more than 85% of the landholding farmers in the state.<br />
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<em>The state&rsquo;s expenditure on agriculture and irrigation has fallen since 2013-&rsquo;14. <br />
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In the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on October 16 announced that his government would offer interest free-loans to farmers who borrow up to Rs 3 lakh and pay the amount back on time. Many Opposition politics criticised this as a populist measure, aimed at garnering votes for Rupani&rsquo;s Bharatiya Janata Party.<br />
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Reducing the interest burden of farmers in times of rural distress can often prove beneficial. But agricultural economists say that this is not the best way to help farmers. Loans from the formal banking sector are most often cornered by rich farmers, studies show. As a result, cuts in the interest rates on such borrowings disproportionately benefit the affuent. Besides, if the money spent to reduce rates comes at the cost of long-term investment in infrastructure that could truly make the agriculture sector sustainable, the measure could actually be harmful.<br />
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A glance at Gujarat&rsquo;s own agriculture spending shows show this is playing out in the state.<br />
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<em>Who benefits from loans?<br />
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When banks offer short-term agriculture loans, they come with an interest rate of 9%. But since 2006-&rsquo;07, central and state governments have stepped in to subsidise these loans. In 2017-&rsquo;18, for instance, the Union government has committed more than Rs 20,000 crore funds as a subsidy for banks so that farmers across the country will pay only 4% on their borrowings.<br />
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Topping up the Centre&rsquo;s subsidy, the Gujarat government had for 2017-&rsquo;18 offered loans for as little as 1% to farmers, dairy farmers, fishermen and cooperatives run by them. The BJP&rsquo;s decision to bear the entire interest burden will cost the state roughly Rs 700 crore in the current financial year, the state estimates.<br />
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In May, the State Level Bankers&rsquo; Committee of Gujarat reported that the banks had only met only 80% of their target for loans to farmers. Of the total loans given in 2016-&rsquo;17 by formal banking channels in Gujarat, 16.73% went to farmers and only 5.14% of the total lending by banking institutions was to small and marginal farmers. Less than a third of the small and marginal farmers holding below 2 hectares took loans from the formal banking sector. But more than 50% of the medium and large farmers got loans from banks.<br />
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About 60% of the short-term loaned out amount goes to the small and marginal farmers in Gujarat who constitute more than 85% of the landholding farmers in the state.<br />
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Gujarat is offering 0%-interest loans to farmers but its record on long-term support is patchy -Nitin Sethi

-Scroll.in The state’s expenditure on agriculture and irrigation has fallen since 2013-’14. In the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on October 16 announced that his government would offer interest free-loans to farmers who borrow up to Rs 3 lakh and pay the amount back on time. Many Opposition politics criticised this as a populist measure, aimed at garnering votes for Rupani’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Reducing the interest burden of farmers in times of rural distress can often prove beneficial. But agricultural economists say that this is not the best way to help farmers. Loans from the formal banking sector are most often cornered by rich farmers, studies show. As a result, cuts in the interest rates on such borrowings disproportionately benefit the affuent. Besides, if the money spent to reduce rates comes at the cost of long-term investment in infrastructure that could truly make the agriculture sector sustainable, the measure could actually be harmful. A glance at Gujarat’s own agriculture spending shows show this is playing out in the state. Who benefits from loans? When banks offer short-term agriculture loans, they come with an interest rate of 9%. But since 2006-’07, central and state governments have stepped in to subsidise these loans. In 2017-’18, for instance, the Union government has committed more than Rs 20,000 crore funds as a subsidy for banks so that farmers across the country will pay only 4% on their borrowings. Topping up the Centre’s subsidy, the Gujarat government had for 2017-’18 offered loans for as little as 1% to farmers, dairy farmers, fishermen and cooperatives run by them. The BJP’s decision to bear the entire interest burden will cost the state roughly Rs 700 crore in the current financial year, the state estimates. In May, the State Level Bankers’ Committee of Gujarat reported that the banks had only met only 80% of their target for loans to farmers. Of the total loans given in 2016-’17 by formal banking channels in Gujarat, 16.73% went to farmers and only 5.14% of the total lending by banking institutions was to small and marginal farmers. Less than a third of the small and marginal farmers holding below 2 hectares took loans from the formal banking sector. But more than 50% of the medium and large farmers got loans from banks. About 60% of the short-term loaned out amount goes to the small and marginal farmers in Gujarat who constitute more than 85% of the landholding farmers in the state. Please click here to read more.