Farm Loan Waiver : All

Nileena S.B
Modi vs Farmers: Agrarian Crisis in Tamil Nadu to Reflect in Poll Results
17 Apr 2019
The state government has already declared 24 districts and 38 blocks in another seven districts as drought affected, despite that the state received only 4% of the funds demanded from the centre.
Amey Tirodkar
#MahaDrought: Loan Waiver Will Not Help in the Time of Drought
11 Mar 2019
Even after two years of the launch of the ambitious loan waiver scheme by the Maharashtra, several thousand farmers in the drought affected Marathwada region are still waiting to get their loans…
Mohd. Imran Khan
Thousands of Farmers and Workers March to Vidhan Sabha in Bihar
19 Feb 2019
The protesters demanded the declaration of entire Bihar as drought hit, waiver of farm loans, a pension scheme of Rs. 10,000 per month for workers and farmers above 60, and 0.1 acre land for homes…
Yogesh S
Karnataka Assembly Passes Debt Relief Bill 2018 to Reduce Farmers’ Woes
15 Feb 2019
The Bill, along with the Farm Loan Waiver Scheme of the coalition government, if implemented and taken seriously, will be a great relief for all those indebted.
Amey Tirodkar
Demands Unfulfilled, Farmers March to Mumbai Again
05 Feb 2019
The agitation in March 2018 had caused a nationwide stir, which had forced the Maharashtra government to consider the farmers’ demands.
Newsclick Report
Congress’s Loan Waiver Seems Ineffective in MP, 4 Farmers Dead Within 2 Weeks of Forming Govt.
02 Jan 2019
While three farmers committed suicide, the fourth died from a heart attack following trauma due to the crashing prices of onion at the Mandsaur Krishak Mandi.
Newsclick Report
India’s Urban and Rural Working Class to Embark on Nationwide Strike in January 8-9
19 Dec 2018
The bandh in rural India coinciding with the trade union strike will unite the farmers and workers to challenge the pro-corporate, anti-people regime of BJP.
Kashif Kakvi
Congress’ Farm Loan Waiver in MP, A Reality Check
19 Dec 2018
Farm loans of over 35 lakh farmers upto Rs. 2 lakh have been waived off which would be costing the state exchequer Rs. 35,000- 38,000 crore, but with MP’s rising debt it will not be a cakewalk for…
Malvika Singh
Farmers’ Victory! MP and Chhattisgarh Announce Agri-Loan Waivers
18 Dec 2018
The loan waivers are a result of massive farmers’ movements and protests across the country that brought issues of agrarian crisis to centre-stage, compelling political parties like Congress to…
IANS
Water Cannons and Tear Gas Used by Police at Border on Protesting Farmers Marching to Delhi
02 Oct 2018
Led by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), thousands of farmers on their way to Kisan Ghat in the national capital were stopped at the Delhi border by the police.