Cong govt’s lie exposed with Channi’s letter to PM for farm loan waiver: Badal
He said Channi’s letter is not worth the paper it is printed upon as the complete farm loan waiver was promised by Congress and not the Central government.
He said Channi’s letter is not worth the paper it is printed upon as the complete farm loan waiver was promised by Congress and not the Central government.
With Rs 1,68,015 cr outlay, the Cong-led Punjab govt's last Budget ahead of the state Assembly elections due for early 2022 focuses on agriculture, health, education, and rural & urban infra
Thackeray had on Saturday announced a loan waiver for farmers who owe up to Rs 200,000 to banks till September 30 this year.
The Prime Minister also lauded the Centre's Citizenship Amendment Bill and sought the support of the Trinamool Congress.
Course correction in agricultural policy is the need of the hour
It is not loan waivers but their consequences that are of real concern. They do help some farmers, but only in the short term. They invariably fall back to debt soon again, because the waivers do nothing to address the deep-rooted structural problems of agriculture in India which cause such indebtedness in the first place.
In the context of the controversy in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, the Biju Janata Dal government has abjured the farm-loan waiver.
The newly-formed Congress governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh had announced farm loan waivers on Monday.
Rahul Gandhi had on Tuesday said that his party 'will not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi sleep till he waives loans of farmers'.
Kamal Nath, who was instrumental in the Congress' victory in Madhya Pradesh, was on the day sworn in as its 18th Chief Minister, bringing to an end 15-year Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule in the central state.
