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Vijay sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM: Here's what TVK promised ahead of Assembly pollsTamil actor Vijay's party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has taken charge as Tamil Nadu's new government. Vijay is now the Chief Minister. The ...
Spicier than jhalmuri: The Rs 1.7 lakh crore fiscal bite hidden in state election resultsWhat looked like a light-hearted campaign moment during PM Narendra Modi’s West Bengal trail has now turned into a major fiscal concern aft...
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...
Banks express concern over decline in loan recoveryBanks also asked the state government to announce the cut-off date till which the debt waiver benefit will be available to eligible growers.
Amarinder Singh urges farmers not to commit suicide, says government is there for themAsserting that there would not be an auction of mortgaged land of farmers, he wondered whether the government's message was reaching the fa...
Loan waiver promise in UP troubles Fadnavis government in MaharashtraCongress and NCP MLAs questioned the government as to why it is reluctant to give a loan waiver when it is promising the same to farmers in...
Why debt waivers are likely to hurt Indian farmers in the long runIn a recent research paper I have co-authored with Sankar De, we investigated the impact of the debt waiver programme of 2008 on future acc...
Rahul Gandhi to seek debt waiver for farmersAccording to party sources, Gandhi will demand the Modi government announce a debt-waiver for farmers, as done by the UPA regime.
- Just 7 pc farmers benefited under debt waiver in Punjab
Centre's debt waiver scheme has achieved little in getting farmers fresh loans.
- Loan waiver brings little cheer to Vidarbha farmers
Maharashtra government has doled out another debt waiver to farmers but the critical region of Vidarbha is not happy.
- Chavan plays Santa, doles out farm goodies
With an eye on elections, the Ashok Chavan government in Maharashtra on Tuesday announced Rs 6,208-crore loan waiver that will provide reli...
- Deshmukh govt mulling Rs 5k-cr farm loan waiver
With assembly elections less than a year away, chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is all set to dole out the largest political sop of his ten...
- Loan waiver unlikely for big farmers
Farmers holding more than five acres and looking up to the central government to widen the net of debt waiver scheme could be in for disapp...
- Govt mulling debt relief fund for loan waiver scheme
The government is considering to create a debt relief fund to provide liquidity to the banks for implementing the Rs 60,000-crore loan waiv...
- Vidarbha farmers still out of the relief net
It was a spate of farm suicides in Vidarbha that moved the nation and led the UPA government to announce a debt waiver for farmers.
- Debt waiver for farmers holds ULCRA to ransom
A face-off between the Congress-NCP government and the BJP-Shiv Sena Opposition in the legislature on the issue of debt waiver for farmers ...
- It's winter of discontent as farm suicides dog DF govt
Apart from the proposed repeal of the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act, farm suicides in Vidarbha and a demand for debt waiver for far...