Mumbai, Aug 15 (PTI) Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday said the state government will waive loans of only needy farmers and not those building farmhouses and bungalows.
“Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced in the legislature that farmers in Maharashtra who genuinely need loan waiver should get it. Why should someone who builds a bungalow or farmhouse on agricultural land and takes a loan be entitled to loan waiver?” Bawankule told reporters.
Bawankule said instead of a blanket waiver, the government is working towards granting relief to poor farmers whose fields yield nothing, those who have taken loans and are on the verge of suicide.
“We are trying to move forward with a plan to conduct individual surveys and provide loan waiver to such farmers,” he informed.
During the recently concluded Monsoon session of the state legislature, the opposition had questioned the government on when the waiver would be announced.
At the time, government had informed the House that a committee had been set up to study whether a waiver should be granted and how it should be implemented. A decision would be taken after the committee submits its report, the government had said.
The demand for loan waiver has been intensifying across the state in recent weeks, with opposition parties cornering the government over the issue. PTI ND BNM
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