Agar Malwa: A 55-year-old farmer in Madhya Pradesh was taken aback when he got a loan waiver of just Rs 13 instead of Rs 23,815 he was eligible for under a scheme announced by the newly elected Congress government.
Shivlal Kataria, a resident of Nipania Baijnath village in Agar Malwa district, has taken up the matter with the authorities and is hopeful of its resolution.
Earlier this month, the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet had approved a loan waiver scheme under which farm dues worth Rs 2 lakh would be waived for each eligible cultivator.
"The list (of beneficiaries) is with the panchayat, which I saw the other day. It mentions that just Rs 13 of mine (debt), instead of Rs 23,815 loan, has been waived," Kataria said.
Being a poor farmer, he and his only son’s family eke out a living from their two-acre land by growing soyabean, he added.
Kataria said he was overwhelmed with joy when the Congress promised to write off farm loans ahead of the assembly elections.
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