Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday formally launched his government’s farm loan waiver scheme in Mansa, Punjab. Photo:Mansa (Punjab): Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday launched his government’s farm loan waiver scheme here and slammed opposition parties and some kisan unions for spreading a “false propaganda” on the issues faced by farmers. Singh symbolically handed over farm loan waiver certificates to 10 farmers from Mansa, Bathinda, Faridkot, Muktsar and Moga districts, where nearly 47,000 farmers would benefit from the scheme. Farm loan waiver was one of the key promises of the Congress ahead of the February polls in the state. Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar alleged that former chief minister Badal was resorting to “dirty politics over the debt waiver issue”.

Source: Mint January 07, 2018 16:30 UTC