TVK Manifesto: Here’s what Thalapathy Vijay promised for women, farmers, youth and others ahead of Tamil Nadu elections. Read full manifesto hereTVK Manifesto: Tamil actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is making a strong debut in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results 2026...
04 May, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
Day of Reckoning: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala & Puducherry assembly poll results set to redefine India's political journeyWest Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala & Puducherry assembly poll results: Counting day arrives for five states after a heated election. Vo...
04 May, 2026, 06.13 AM IST
Bouquets and brickbats: BJP welcomes ex-minister Kadu as allyBacchu Kadu joins Maharashtra's ruling alliance with Shiv Sena. The BJP welcomed him but pointed out his history of changing political side...
30 Apr, 2026, 04.48 PM IST
SP president Akhilesh Yadav promises loan waivers to farmersSamajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav pledges swift 24-hour payments for sugarcane farmers if his party wins in 2027. He promises loan waive...
25 Apr, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
From AI to subsidies: Bernstein’s candid open letter to PM Modi flags 8 critical fault linesGlobal brokerage Bernstein has cautioned India against becoming a mere user of future technology. The firm suggests that continued reliance...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.22 AM IST
Hit or not, TVK's Vijay shakes up Tamil Nadu poll sceneActor Vijay's new political party, TVK, is shaking up Tamil Nadu's election landscape, challenging the traditional DMK-AIADMK dominance. Wi...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.19 PM IST
After Telangana's Rs 31,000 cr farm loan waiver, Punjab farmers reiterate similar demandThe Telangana government has announced a farm loan waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh, benefiting nearly 40 lakh farmers at a cost of around Rs 31,0...
24 Jun, 2024, 02.06 PM IST
Tamil Nadu government announces Rs 12,110 crore farm loan waiverMaking the announcement in the state assembly, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the scheme would come into immediate effect and the requir...
05 Feb, 2021, 01.13 PM IST
Crop loan waiver: Ready with money but banks have not shared borrower details yet, says KumaraswamyState Government, he told media persons, has an exclusive team working with public sector banks, and has been pursuing them for the databas...
11 Oct, 2018, 11.05 PM IST
Revised farm loan waiver norms in Maharashtra to cost Rs 500 crore moreAround 58 lakh farmers are currently covered under the scheme, the state government said during the Maharashtra Assembly's monsoon session ...
29 Aug, 2018, 10.42 AM IST
Kumaraswamy waives more farm loans, rejects Congress call to cut fuel taxThe new round of sops from Kumaraswamy covers loans borrowed from cooperative banks of up to Rs 1 lakh, as of July 10, 2018.
13 Jul, 2018, 02.43 PM IST
India Ratings gives thumbs down to Karnataka budgetThe farm loan waiver will limit the State’s ability to rein in expenditure and achieve higher surplus in its revenue account, it said.
06 Jul, 2018, 07.58 PM IST
Farm loan waiver bungling: Senior IT bureaucrat VK Gautam shuntedGautam, a 1987 batch IAS officer, has now been posted as Principal Secretary, Accounts and Treasury, in Finance department, a GAD official ...
28 Nov, 2017, 11.19 PM IST
Farm loan waivers short term remedy: RBIAcharya was delivering closing remarks at a RBI organised seminar titled ‘Agriculture Debt Waiver – Efficacy and Limitations’ in Mumbai, a ...
31 Aug, 2017, 10.31 PM IST
Farm waivers may cut GDP by Rs 1.1L crIncreasing trends of states doling out farm loan waivers could reduce aggregate demand in the economy by as much as 0.7 per cent.
12 Aug, 2017, 06.31 AM IST
No proposal to write off farm loans: GovernmentHowever, the Centre informed Parliament that there is a facility has been put in place for farmers to avail concessional debt.
18 Jul, 2017, 04.52 PM IST
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis meets Sharad Pawar for consensus on farm loan waiverFarmers in the state are seeking complete loan waiver. They have criticised the proposed Rs1-lakh limit, saying state needs to do more as m...
24 Jun, 2017, 10.15 PM IST