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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Punjab 3rd state to waive farm loans, to take Rs 24,000 crore hit

Punjab 3rd state to waive farm loans, to take Rs 24,000 crore hit

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published Published on Jun 20, 2017   modified Modified on Jun 20, 2017
-The Times of India

CHANDIGARH: The farm loan waiver fever is spreading across the country, threatening to place a huge additional burden on the already creaking finances of state governments.

On Monday, Punjab became the third state this year — after UP and Maharashtra — to announce a total waiver of all crop loans up to Rs 2 lakh for small and marginal farmers (up to 5 acres) and a flat Rs 2 lakh relief for all other marginal farmers, irrespective of their loan amount.

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh announced the waiver, one of his key poll promises, in the assembly. He said the move would benefit 10.25 lakh farmers. Some 8.75 lakh farmers have farms of up to five acres.

The waiver will cost the debt-ridden state Rs 24,000 crore, according to one estimate. Singh said his government had not decided on whether to take a fresh loan or generate more revenue for the purpose.

The CM refused to say how much the state would need to raise to meet the waiver requirements.

"These are all figures which will be given in the state budget," he told reporters after announcing the waiver. The state budget is to be tabled on Tuesday.

Punjab had got just 0.8% of the Rs 52,520 crore loan waiver that the UPA-I government had announced in 2008. Effectively, this is the first major debt waiver for the state.

The Punjab CM had been under pressure to announce a loan waiver after UP CM Yogi Aditya Nath had waived loans of up to Rs 1 lakh on April 4. Capt Singh, however, insisted his waiver would provide double the relief announced by UP and Maharashtra.

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The Times of India, 20 June, 2017, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/punjab-3rd-state-to-waive-farm-loans-to-take-rs-24000-crore-hit/articleshow/59225834.cms


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