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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicFarmer loan waiver

Topic: Farmer loan waiver

Revanth govt rolls out farm loan waiver set to cost state Rs 31,000-cr, benefit 40L Telangana farmers

Congress's Sonia & Rahul Gandhi promised waiver in run-up to last year's assembly polls. Loans of up to Rs 2 lakh to be waived at a time when state reeling under Rs 6.71 lakh crore debt.

BJP-led Assam govt approves Rs 600 crore farm loan waiver

The decision comes in the backdrop of debt woes of farmers becoming a major issue in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections.

Farm loans will be waived in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan assures Rahul Gandhi

The Congress, which will form governments in the three states, had promised to waive farmer loans during it election campaign.

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A Donald Trump presidency threatens Indian economy. Just see his record

The chances of a trade war that raise inflation and reduce India’s economic growth are much higher under a Trump presidency.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.