Loan waiver scheme extended to family | Times of India

The Kisan Sabha has welcomed the decision. “In March after the ‘long march’, the chief minister had assured us that this would be done. It will result in a large number of farmers who were excluded from the scheme to get benefit,” said Ajit Navale of the Kisan Sabha.

The loan waiver scheme has been extended to around 38 lakh farmers so far. The state government had received applications from 77 lakh farmer accounts for the scheme. These are still being scrutinized
and matched with eligibility norms.

The scheme had come under criticism from the beginning for having stringent eligibility norms which farmer groups said had excluded a large number of farmers.

According to the updated data, the state has released Rs22,000 crore allotted to 51 lakh farmers of which Rs15,771 crore has been disbursed.

Source: Loan waiver scheme extended to family | Nagpur News – Times of India