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TopicFarm loan

Topic: Farm loan

India’s top private lenders see farm loan defaults rising amid weak rural economy

Siddhi Nayak -
IndusInd Bank CEO Sumant Kathpalia said microfinance loan disbursal slowed in April-June due to LS polls and heatwaves, adding that rural areas were recovering from pandemic impact.

Why Congress wants farm loan default not to be a criminal offence when it never was

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Loan default is a civil offence in India, but several defaulting farmers have been booked under criminal charges, which perhaps explains the Congress manifesto.

Banks are saddled with bad loans of farmers as well, not just corporates

Remya Nair -
Although their share in the total NPA pool has reduced, bank NPAs from agriculture have shot up by at least 23% in a year.

Video of Rahul Gandhi saying he’s against farm loan waivers is doctored

Priyamvada Grover -
An altered clip from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s press conference has been retweeted by hundreds, including Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay.

Maharashtra farmers’ discontent boiling over, protest march to reach Vidhan Bhavan Monday

Manasi Phadke -
March began at Nashik; crop failures and BJP govt’s inability to deliver on its promise of a farm loan waiver are at the heart of the discontent.

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Economy

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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