After Raghuram Rajan, PSU banks' heads now question farm debt waiversLast month, the RBI Governor had said that debt waiver schemes have constrained flow of credit to farmers.
When it’s right to be wrong: Political attractions of regularising irregular coloniesAs neither Rome nor slums can be built in a day, our officials are obviously highly trained, and fully geared, to look the other way.
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan questions farm debt waiver schemesTalking about subsidies for farm sector, Rajan said that it will be useful to see whether these subsidies have actually helped agriculture ...
Agriculture loan waiver: 6,823 ineligible beneficiaries detectedA performance audit of the scheme done by the CAG showed various errors of inclusion and exclusion at the beneficiary level.
Rs 627 crore recovered from ineligible beneficiaries of Debt Relief Scheme: FM Arun JaitleyJaitley informed LS that 5,411 officials from various banks have been brought to book for irregularities in implementing the scheme.
- CAG finds flaws in implementation of debt waiver scheme
CAG has found irregularities in disbursement of funds under the Rs 52,000-crore farm debt waiver scheme, 2008, as benefits have been taken ...
- Nearly half the farmer households in debts: Report
An NSSO report on 'Indebtedness of Farmers Household' has reported that of 89.35 million farmer households, about 43.42 million (48.6%) wer...
- Just 7 pc farmers benefited under debt waiver in Punjab
Centre's debt waiver scheme has achieved little in getting farmers fresh loans.