Article: Debt-freed farmers raise 'gratitude fund' for bereaved families

Article: With farm loan waiver on cards, parties out to grab ...
The Hindustan Times;  February 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... competitive politics demanding a farm loan waiver that is clearly on the cards. While a high decibel chorus for loan waiver began in early 2005 with the incidence ... suicides continued - and with it the loan waiver demand. But the central government ...

Article: Bihar gets raw deal in loan waiver scheme: Modi.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  August 6, 2008 ;     673 words ...Bihar gets raw deal in loan waiver scheme: Modi Patna, Aug 6 (PTI ... low priority in the agricultural loan waiver scheme announced by the centre ... PTI that of the Rs 70,000 crore loan waiver scheme for the farmers announced ...

Article: Loan waiver will not lead to collapse of banks: FM.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  March 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Loan waiver will not lead to collapse of banks ... defended the budget proposals including the loan waiver, which opposition parties have said ... PTI when asked about fears that the loan waiver scheme to help four crore farmers will ...

Article: Loan waiver fog punishes banks
The Hindustan Times;  March 3, 2008 ;     536 words ... ... The Rs 60,000 crore agricultural loan waiver hit bank stocks hard and the BSE Bankex ... banks that have to face the issue of loan waiver and the uncertainty about how the scheme ... risk of future delinquencies after the loan waiver that is crucial for me," said a banking ...

Article: INDIA: LOAN WAIVER FAILS TO BENEFIT MANY NEEDY ...
Interpress Service;  March 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... P. Chidambaram announced a mammoth loan waiver for farmers, 55-year-old Dattu ... off mark of 2 hectares for the bank loan waiver. Two other farmers also ended their ... Yavatmal district, put it, "The total loan waiver is for 2-hectare farmers, but thousands ...

Article: Farm loan waiver too little, disappointing: BJP
The Hindustan Times;  June 11, 2008 ;     588 words ... ... Syndication. New Delhi, June 11 -- The farm loan waiver the United Progressive Alliance (UPA ... BJP) said Wednesday. "The farm loan waiver announced by the UPA government is too ... Minister P. Chidambaram announced the farm loan waiver of Rs.600 billion during the union ...

Article: Farm loan waiver one-time policy:.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  March 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Farm loan waiver one-time policy: By: Pawar Kapil ... Central Maharashtra, he said, "The loan waiver is only a one-time measure. Otherwise ... Opposition that the over Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver might not benefit Maharashtra much ...