Telangana CM Revanth waives more farm loans, to cost govt ₹2,747 crore | Hyderabad News – Times of India

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy HYDERABAD: Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy announced the fourth phase of the state’s farm loan waiver Saturday. The latest tranche will cover 3.1 lakh farmers and cost state exchequer Rs 2,747 crore.In the first three phases of the waiver, Telangana had spent nearly Rs 18,000 crore and covered 22.2 lakh farmers….

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Jharkhand CM Soren ups farm loan waiver cap to Rs 2 lakh; BJP calls it ‘poll jumla’ – Times of India

Hemant Soren (File photo) RANCHI: Jharkhand government raised the farm loan waiver from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh a farmer on Thursday and benefitted around 1.77 lakh farmers the same day.“Farmers are the backbone of the country. They battle financial constraints and weather vagaries to produce food. We have been working to help ‘annadatas’,”…

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