Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Loan waiving benefits 82,538 farmers of the district to the tune of Rs. 175.10 crore.


Osmanabad, Dec 12, 2017:  Under the  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Samman Yojana, the Osmanabad District Central Cooperative Bank’s 34599 farmers’  loan has been waived off by the State Govt  in  a historical   decision.
The State Govt.  has transferred  Rs. 175.10 crore  to  34599  farmers’ bank accounts. These farmers  at present have been  found suitable for loan waiving in the district.  This was  disclosed by the ODCC Bank’s MD Vijay Ghonse Patil. He said that  of the Rs. 175.10 crore, Rs. 148.90 crore  have been transferred to 23129   loan holders’ bank accounts and Rs. 26.19 crore  will be transferred to   11470 incentive  loan holders.
     Under the loan waiving scheme,  three green lists have  been declared, 82,538 farmers have been, after verification, found suitable for loan waiving.  These qualified farmers have been  so far  waived off farm loan to the tune of Rs. 175Crores 10 lacs 47 thousand 294

Under the  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj  Shetkari Samman Yojana,  the farmers who had availed  farm loans from the ODCC Bank and nationalized banks, the State Govt. has so far transferred Rs. 19,000 crore in the bank accounts of 41 lakh farmers in the state.  In all 77 lakh farmers had applied for loan waiving. After verification, 69 lakh farmers have been found suitable  for loan waiving.  The process of  transferring loan amount of these farmers is underway in the state.  It is learnt that the State Govt. will  even waive farm loan of the   farmers who have not applied for loan waiving. Un to the last is the aim of the government for loan waiving.