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In Haryana's rice bowl, taxes and unfriendly state policies blamed for closure of paddy processing mills
Manoj Sharma •The Kaithal Rice Mill Association blames the Haryana government's policies for the losses that most of the 225 rice mills in Kaithal incur.
Farm loan waivers kill credit culture, need to focus on agri distress resolution: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan
•Loan waivers cover only those farmers who have taken loans from the formal system, Raghuram Rajan said
Drought in Rajasthan: Barmer farmers unimpressed by tall claims of Centre’s crop insurance scheme as rains play truant
Mukesh_mathrani •The district of Barmer, on the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan, has been drought-hit almost continuously for the past ten years.
Lok Sabha polls 2019: Mamata Banerjee releases TMC list for all 42 West Bengal seats, attacks BJP over attempts to 'bribe voters'
•The TMC, Mamata Banerjee said, will also contest some seats in Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and the Andamans.
Punjab's debt-ridden farmers continue to take their own lives as Congress' loan waiver has little effect
Arjun Sharma Sukhcharan Preet •For his part, the Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh trained his guns at the Centre
Congress farm loan waivers Part IV: Farmers in Madhya Pradesh are committing suicide despite scheme; here's why
Manish Chandra Mishra •At least three farmers have ended their lives since the announcement of loan waiver scheme by the Kamal Nath government
Congress farm loan waivers Part III: Rajasthan cultivators demand inquiry into 'scam' in cooperative banks
Suresh Foujdar •Following reports of loan scams across cooperative banks in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan, farmers from several villages in Bharatpur and Dholpur districts approached the authorities
Congress farm loan waivers Part II: Cultivators shocked to find names on beneficiaries list as MP ministers allege fraud by bank staff
Afridi Mishra •The lists took farmers by surprise and opened a Pandora's Box all over Madhya Pradesh.
Congress farm loan waivers Part I: MP farmers seethe over flawed implementation of scheme, banks' dubious calculations
Manish Chandra Mishra •Dubious calculations by cooperative banks and societies have led to inflated outstanding farm loan amounts for many in Madhya Pradesh.
Farm distress: Govt mulls waiving interest on timely crop loan repayment as new year gift for farmers
•To provide immediate relief, one of the proposals being studied is to waive 4 percent interest rate on farmers repaying farm loan promptly within the due date.