Thousands of subsistence farmers across India depend on unpredictable monsoons and borrowed money for their hand-to-mouth existence. The formal funding system routinely fails them - they languish in fat ledgers as defaulters, ineligible for fresh loans, and remain beholden to village shylocks.
In Vidarbha field after field is barren and there is little to show that sowing has begun.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/farm-loan-waiver-of-not-much-help-in-vidarbha/68734-3.html
Farmers find out their debts have only been partially waived off.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/plan-backfires-pms-loan-waiver-letter-puzzles-farmers/68472-3.html
Key Government decisions are a pointer that the party has an eye on polls.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/fourth-year-ends-upa-switches-to-election-mode/65726-37.html
Bank drops circular that said farm loans would be curtailed.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sbi-regrets-issuing-circular-wont-stop-loans/65674-3.html
Nationalised banks are shutting the tap on a sizeable portion of farm loans.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/upa-waives-off-farmer-loans-sbi-stops-loans/65555-7.html
The farmer had taken a 1.75 lakh-rupee loan to cultivate his 10 hectares of land.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/debtridden-farmer-jumps-into-pile-of-burning-hay/63152-3.html
The farmer had taken a 1.75 lakh-rupee loan to cultivate his 10 hectares of land.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/vidarbha-farmer-sets-himself-afire/63146-3.html
Experts say loan waiver is of little help to marginal and small farmers.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/vidarbha-still-colourless-3-farmers-commit-suicide/61734-3.html
In run up to elections, education loan SOP is next in the offing by UPA govt.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/upa-woos-students-plans-education-loan-sops/61672-3.html
Sonia's remark comes within 10 days of similar demands made by Sharad Pawar.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/now-sonia-pitches-for-raising-ceiling-on-loan-waiver/61397-37.html
There is confusion over exactly how many farmers will get benefit.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/vidarbha-mlas-confused-about-loan-waiver-scheme/61331-3.html
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