-PTI Congress had promised during the poll campaign that if it wins, it would implement farmers’ loan waiver within 10 days of coming to power. Bhopal: Loans up to Rs. 2 lakh of Madhya Pradesh farmers will be waived, with Kamal Nath on Monday signing a file to this effect soon after he was sworn in as the State’s 18th Chief Minister on December 17. After Mr. Nath signed the file, Principal Secretary...
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Agrarian distress: Income support to farmers better option than loan waivers -Soumya Kanti Ghosh
-Financial Express Income support for farm households may be a worse solution than freeing up agri trade and marketing, but it should work much better than loan waivers. When the new MSP regime was implemented in July, one of the common fears in the market was that the hikes would stoke inflation fears. Four months down the line, not only does this fear seems to have subsided, but serious concerns are now...
More »Why income support, not farm loan waiver, may be better for all -Surojit Gupta
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The election results in which BJP lost three key states have once again pointed to the agrarian crisis and triggered demands for loan waivers. Pressure on the Centre has intensified ahead of the 2019 polls and comes against the backdrop of a tight fiscal situation. The government has committed itself to meet the fiscal deficit target of 3.3% of GDP. In the aftermath of several states...
More »Agrarian crisis: Bias against agriculture needs to go for revival; higher investment, change in attitude towards sector a must -Prasanna Mohanty
-Firstpost.com The first reaction of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government after the party's debacle in the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan seems to be to waive farm loans, which is a telling comment on the state of the agrarian distress in India and the need to pay immediate attention to the crisis. This was expected, too, since 90 percent of the rural constituencies in Madhya Pradesh...
More »Assembly elections results in MP, Rajasthan show upper castes still dominate heartland -Gilles Verniers
-Hindustan Times Data analysis of assembly elections results shows that Rajputs increased dominance in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Brahmins lost share; OBCs take up large chunk of BJP, Cong MLAs. Congress victories over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the key Hindi belt states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are the biggest political upset since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. A caste-wise breakup of newly elected MLAs shows that the change in...
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