Emphasizing on continuing his support to the farmers agitating against the agricultural laws, he said that his heart is with the farmers who are protesting on the borders of Delhi. Also said that he does not agree with the stand of the Central Government in this matter.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday launched a Rs 520 crore loan waiver scheme for 2.85 lakh agricultural laborers and landless farmers of the state on the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday launched a Rs 520 crore loan waiver scheme for 2.85 lakh agricultural laborers and landless farmers of the state on the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He said that his government has decided to waive off loans of Rs 520 crore in respect of principal amount of cooperative loans of agricultural laborers and landless farmers by July 31, 2017.
Along with this, the simple interest on this amount at the rate of 7 percent per annum has also been waived till March 6, 2019. The state government had earlier waived off Rs 4,700 crore (up to Rs 2 lakh of each crop loan) for 5.85 lakh small and marginal farmers under the loan waiver scheme.
Paid floral tributes to my dear friend and former PM Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. Launched 5th Phase of Debt Relief to waive loans worth Rs 520 Crore of 2.85 Lac farm labourers and landless farming members of cooperative societies. pic.twitter.com/ZrMKn2id6G
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) August 20, 2021
India will definitely be free from poverty one day: Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
According to an official release, on the occasion, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that he is dedicating this scheme to the state on the 77th birth anniversary of his close friend Rajiv Gandhi. He said that I hope that a day will come when India will be free from poverty, which Rajiv Gandhi used to dream.
Appeal again to Prime Minister and Home Minister to repeal agricultural laws
Emphasizing on continuing his support to the farmers agitating against the agricultural laws, he said that his heart is with the farmers who are protesting on the borders of Delhi. Also said that she does not agree with the stand of the central government in this matter, because she is not listening to the farmers. Amarinder Singh said that he once again appeals to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to repeal the agricultural laws.
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