{"id":307344,"date":"2018-12-20T04:55:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T04:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=307344"},"modified":"2018-12-20T06:10:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T06:10:45","slug":"rajasthan-government-announces-farm-loan-waiver-up-to-rs-2-lakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rajasthan-government-announces-farm-loan-waiver-up-to-rs-2-lakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajasthan: Government announces farm loan waiver up to Rs 2 lakh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/rajasthan-government-announces-farm-loan-waiver-up-to-rs-2-lakh\/gehlot\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-307345\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-307345 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gehlot-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/gehlot-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/gehlot-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/gehlot.jpg 682w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/gehlot-588x420.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a>The new Congress government in Rajasthan on Wednesday announced a farm loan waiver up to Rs 2 lakh for farmers, a day after new Congress governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh did the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted, \u201cIt&#8217;s done! Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh &amp; Chhattisgarh have waived farm loans. We asked for 10 days. We did it in 2.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAccording to the promise made by Congress President Shri Rahul Gandhi, our government has announced to waive the debt of the farmers-the Congress says it does!\u201d Deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Rajasthan farm loan waiver will cost the exchequer Rs 18,000 crore on the state, chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot said. \u201cIt will benefit farmers who are in trouble and have defaulted in loan payment,\u201d Gehlot added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had promised farm loan waivers within 10 days of government formation during the election campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Gehlot alleged that the previous BJP government breached the promise of farm loan waiver, when it had announced loan waiver of up to Rs 50,000. \u201cThey released only Rs 2,000 crore of the total of Rs 8000 crore, leaving Rs 6,000 crore unutilised,\u201d he alleged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Congress government in Rajasthan on Wednesday announced a farm loan waiver up to Rs 2 lakh for farmers, a day after new Congress governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh did the same.\u00a0 Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted, \u201cIt&#8217;s done! Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh &amp; Chhattisgarh have waived farm loans. We asked for 10 days. 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