Maharashtra agri task force urges Arun Jaitley for bailout package for farmers
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley must intervene and grant a special bailout package for farmers to bring them under institutional credit cover, Kishore Tiwari, chairman of a task force set up to tackle Maharashtra's agrarian issues said Sunday.
Kishore Tiwari informed that despite the Maharashtra government announcing a farm loan waiver of Rs 14,000 crore, PSU banks had achieved only 30 per cent of their crop loan targets in 14 districts of Marathwada and Vidarbha. Image source: Reuters