Ranchi: Jharkhand government is likely to roll out its promised farm loan waivers for farmers by January-end, sources in the department of agriculture, animal husbandry and dairy development indicated. Sources said that the reluctance of banks to share farmers’ loan database is delaying the actual roll-out.
“As on date, we have identified nearly 48,000 farmers who have filled up their forms for availing loan waivers. The farmers have been identified through the details obtained from the banks. We are pushing to launch the programme on January 26,” a senior officer in the state agriculture department said on anonymity.
In December last year, the state cabinet approved a proposal to waive off farm loans worth up to Rs 50,000. The decision would benefit nine lakh small and marginal farmers of the state, the government had said. A budget of Rs 2,000 crore was also alloted for the waivers.