Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday demanding a waiver of the outstanding loans taken by farmers from nationalised and Bhoomi Vikas banks. ...

It has turned into an open season for farm loan waivers. Less than a week after assuming office, Congress governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have announced the waiver of crop lo...

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday declared that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wouldn’t be allowed to sleep unless he waived farm loans across the country, the open dare coming a day after his party offered the...

The Bharatiya Janata Party is believed to have lost crucial state elections on account of the agrarian distress. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi, on the other hand, came out with flying colours because ...

The editorial, “Open season” (Dec 21), has pointed out that farm loan waivers can never be a lasting solution for farmers’ distress in India. However, one must admit that taking a hard-line appr...

Addressing India's distressed farmers directly from Parliament, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday vowed not to let Prime Minister Narendra Modi sleep until all farms loans have been waived.In...

Kamal Nath kicked off his stint as Madhya Pradesh chief minister by signing a file that promises to write off loans of up to Rs 2 lakh for the state's farmers.The move follows a promise by Congress pr...

Congress President Rahul Gandhi Sunday promised farm loan waiver for ryots in Andhra Pradesh if the party is voted to power in the coming elections.The 'revolutionary' Nyay, the party's proposed incom...

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The plight of farmers is unlikely to change despite the income support scheme unveiled with much fanfare by the Narendra Modi-government in the interim budget. Prices of potato and turmeric have tumbl...