On July 24, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took the decision to go digital so as to streamline the process of loan waivers for farmers. The process helped the state government to unearth 23 lakh ghost accounts. Fadnavis said, “The digital process has helped to ascertain the credentials of each and every genuine farmer. According to Minister for social justice Dilip Kamble, “The digital process helps to keep the account of every student which is Aadhar-linked. But I must admit within two months farmers with the help of our 3500 centres adopted the digital process.

Source: Indian Express November 09, 2017 08:15 UTC