Ashok Gehlot Demands Waiver Of Farmers Outstanding Loans In Letter To PM Ashok Gehlot Demands Waiver Of Farmers Outstanding Loans In Letter To PM After Congress came to power in Rajasthan in 2018, loans of 20.56 lakh people worth Rs 8,000 crore were waived off in the state, Ashok Gehlot said.
Updated: December 30, 2020 12:16 am IST
UPA had waived off farmers loans worth Rs 72,000 crore from nationalised banks, Ashok Gehlot said (File)
Jaipur:
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday demanding a waiver of the outstanding loans taken by farmers from nationalised and Bhoomi Vikas banks.
According to a Right To Information (RTI) reply, the Modi government, in its first tenure, had waived loans amounting to Rs 7.95 lakh crore of industrialists, but had done nothing for the farmers, Ashok Gehlot said in a statement.