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INDEBTEDNESS OF FARMERS HOUSEHOLD
Government doesn't have data on financial condition of farmers: Narendra Singh TomarThe government does not have data regarding financial condition of farmers in the country, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said o...
Government to conduct survey to assess plight of farmers this yearTo assess the plight of farmers, the government will conduct a pan-India survey to ascertain their income and indebtedness among other issu...
High debt isn't driving Indian farmers to suicideAs per NCRB, the no. of farmers committing suicide has actually been falling in recent years.
Agri households’ average earnings grew to over Rs 1 lakh in FY16Conducted with 2015-16 as the reference year, the survey covered 40,327 rural households.
88 per cent rural households have savings account: Nabard surveyAll India IOI taking rural households together stood at 47.4 per cent, as per the Nabard All India Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS) relea...
Farmers have turned "Lakhpatis", but more than half still in debt: Nabard SurveyThe survey conducted with the year 2015-16 as the reference year covered 40,327 rural households.
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.
Compensation for farmers suicide can't deal with farm debt: Supreme CourtAn SC bench said "paying compensation is not the solution to deal with farmers' suicides" as the key reason for these suicides was indebted...
Poke Me: Farmer suicides in the country is not just issue of debtFarmer suicides have fallen significantly over the last one decade, to less than 10% of all suicides. It remains, however, a politically em...
Around 80 per cent of Haryana farmers are at BPL levels: StudyPortions of the study were recently published in the latest issue of "Indian Journal of Economics and Development".
- Only 50% of farmers under agricultural credit net
According to the report, Andhra Pradesh leads the tally having 82% indebted farmer households followed by Tamil Nadu (74.5%).
- Nearly half of farmer households in India face loan burden
43.42 mn farmer households constituting 48.6% are reported to be indebted to either formal or informal or both sources of credit
- 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...
Farmers and their Sisyphean taskTo blame rising farmer suicides on factors such as indebtedness and liberalisation misses a major part of the story, but ad hoc solutions o...
- Farm credit surges, so does moneylenders' hegemony
The number of farmers borrowing from moneylenders has risen to levels not seen since independence, despite doubling of agricultural credit ...
- Andhra Pradesh accounts for 13% of country’s outstanding farm loans
There may be disparate opinions as to how the waiving of agricultural loans will affect the finances of the country’s commercial banks.
- Govt, RBI discuss farmer relief package
RBI gov YV Reddy meets Prime Minister to discuss the recommendations of the Radhakrishna Committee on rural indebtedness and to devise a ne...