Crop loans of over 21 lakh farmers have been waived by the Madhya Pradesh government under Jai Kisan Fasal Rin Maafi Yojana as of March 2019 before the MCC came into effect. Moreover, two family members of Shivraj Singh Chouhan have also received loan waivers. It was the BJP govt under Shivraj Singh Chouhan which […]
The newly elected Congress government in Rajasthan rolled out its farm loan waiver scheme in February which benefitted about 40,000 farmers in the first phase. The entire short-term loans taken by small and medium farmers from cooperative and land development banks and the debts up to ₹2 lakh due on November 30, 2018, for the […]
The PM has a habit of inflating figures to show his achievements. As on March 2019, only 32.15 lakh farmers have received PM-KISAN benefits in Andhra Pradesh. Read More Here: https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/up-ap-gujarat-ahead-in-taking-benefit-of-pm-kisan-119030701087_1.html
In contrast to the PM Modi’s statement, sugarcane arrears of farmers have jumped to a record Rs 20,000 crore and is set to touch Rs. 35,000 crore by April 2019. Such is the situation of sugarcane farmers under Modi govt. Read More Here: https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/sugarcane-arrears-to-surge-to-rs-35-000-crore-in-april/cid/1683763 Image Courtesy: NDTV
BJP has completely neglected our farmers and the agricultural sector in the last the five years. No promises made to the farmers have been fulfilled. The sugarcane arrears of farmers have jumped to a record Rs 17,493 crore and still Modiji thinks they are helping the sugarcane farmers. Read More Here: https://thewire.in/agriculture/as-issues-remain-unresolved-indias-sugarcane-farmers-stare-at-a-crisis Image Courtesy: The Wire
As soon the government was formed in the state of Madhya Pradesh, CM Kamal Nath waived off farm loans up to Rs. 2 lakh. He also recently launched a Rs 50,000-crore farm debt-waiver scheme named ‘Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana’. The waiver is expected to benefit 55 lakh small and marginal farmers. Read More Here: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mp-cm-kamal-nath-launches-rs-50000-cr-farm-loan-waiver-scheme/articleshow/67542855.cms Image […]
Agrarian protests under the BJP government have increased from 628 in 2014 to 4,837 in 2016 (more than 6.5 times increase). Farm income growth reached a 14 year low under Modi while MSP growth rate fell from 19.3% during UPA years to 3.6% under the current BJP govt. Other than farm loan waivers, the UPA […]
After failing to deliver on any of the promises made for agriculture, the new attack taken by the PM is to criticise the new Congress government’s move backed with no data. As promised by Congress President Rahul Gandhi in the election campaign, the new governments in all three states (Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh) waived […]
Congress government in Punjab waived of debts of 4,27,000 farmers by spending Rs 3,586 crore. The first phase of loan waiver scheme was launched in January 2018 under which loans of some 3,18,0003 farmers raised from co-operative banks were waived off. Additional Rs 1,771 crore was spent to benefit additional 1,09,000 farmers in the second phase. In […]
Production of major food grains (pulses, wheat, rice, and coarse meals) increased from 198.36 MT in 2004-05 to 265.04 MT in 2013-14. During the same period, MSP for wheat increased from ₹640/quintal to ₹1400/quintal. Moreover, the agriculture growth under UPA years averaged at 4.2% while it has fallen to 1.9% under NDA. One can only imagine who is responsible for nationwide farmers […]