more-inOn Tuesday, the Maharashtra government asked district central co-operative banks (DCCBs) and nationalised banks to help farmers who have defaulted on farm loans by giving them loans of ₹10,000 so that they can begin sowing their Kharif crop. The State government will act as a guarantee for these loans, said Subhash Deshmukh, Minister for Co-operation, Marketing and Textiles. On Tuesday, farmers’ representatives submitted to Mr. Patil a list of names of people who will participate in the discussions. Don’t want waiver: MLAThe government has also appealed to those who can pay their loans to voluntarily come forward and forgo the waiver. I, thus, request you to exempt me from the loan waiver scheme,” Mr. Kul said.

Source: The Hindu June 13, 2017 18:33 UTC