Devendra Fadnavis lists numbers of farm loan waiver beneficiaries

Mumbai: Farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada, epicentres of the agrarian crisis in Maharashtra, are likely to outnumber counterparts from other regions of the state in getting benefits of the farm loan waiver announced by the state government.

On Tuesday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted district-wise numbers of farmers who are likely to get their farm loans waived under the Rs34,022 crore scheme.

Fadnavis tweeted that these 3.6 million farmers are those with loans up to Rs1.5 lakh, the cap fixed by the state government for the waiver. Read More.

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