Probe over MP ‘ghost’ farmers’ crop loans

According to her, around 6,000 cases of disbursement of crop loans to alleged “ghost” farmers have come to notice so far.

Maharashtra CM asks banks to disburse crop loans instantly

Fadnavis directed all banks to order their branches to disburse the crop loan as soon as possible.

Only 13.52 lakh farmers across the state have availed crop loans till June 15, which is only 21 per cent of the target.

Farmers have been complaining since the past month that bankers haven’t been distributing crop loans and term loans.

According to banking experts, the farm loan waiver could be the reason for low credit figures.

RBI advised banks to make Aadhaar linkage mandatory for availing of short-term crop loans in 2017-18.

Give Rs 660 crore credit to farmers till June 27th in four districts of Marathwada.

Urad MSP is now Rs 5,400 per quintal against Rs 5,000 in the previous year.

To bemoan the lack of attention to Tamil Nadu’s farmers would be to miss the wood for the trees.