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Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicFarm loan waivers

Topic: Farm loan waivers

Congress misleading farmers on loan waiver, says PM Narendra Modi

Congress governments have recently announced loan waiver schemes after winning the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

Heavy debts alone are not driving farmers to suicide

Instead of loan waivers, policy makers need to peel through the layers to figure out what farmers really need.

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Karnataka announced farm loan waiver in May but a software delayed launch till December

Kumaraswamy promised loan waiver for about 43 lakh farmers, days after taking charge. Until now, loans for 27,000 have been cleared.

With just months to go for Lok Sabha elections, populism is back centre stage

Modi has so far held back on announcing a national farm loan waiver. But temptation to appease voters was evident when he hinted at cutting GST rates.

BJP promises loan waivers to farmers if it comes to power in Odisha

The announcement was made by BJP state president Basant Panda.

Won’t let PM Modi sleep until all farm loans are waived, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress promised to waive loans in 10 days, and in two states the new govt did it in six hours, he said.

BJP promises free cows, loan waivers, scooties and more ahead of Telangana assembly polls

In its election manifesto released on Thursday, the BJP promised farm loan waivers upto Rs 2 lakh, free laptops to students as well as regulation of liquor sale in the state.

Karnataka announces Rs 34,000-crore farm loan waiver, national tally crosses Rs 1.9 trillion

The H.D. Kumaraswamy government joins a list of seven states that have announced farm loan waivers since 2014.

Loan waivers don’t help, we need to make farmers self-reliant: RSS

In the last 12 months alone, two poll-bound states, Karnataka and Rajasthan, have announced loan waivers, as have Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab.

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