Drop in cases of suicide by farmers: Govt
The number of suicide by farmers has gone down in India, the central government stated in the Lok Sabha recently.
Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena informed the Lok Sabha during Question Hour that due to many measures taken by the central government the cases had fallen.
Minister Meena said,"As far as farmer suicides are concerned, there has been a fall in the numbers in Andhra Pradesh, also in Karnataka & Maharashtra. In Uttar Pradesh it was nil last year"
Samajwadi Party member Shailendra Kumar had alleged that the number of suicide by farmers is going up in India and the cntral government should provide credit to farmers at low interest rates of 1 to 2%.
Meena said,'' RBI (Reserve Bank of India) and NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) have been provided incentives to provide loans to farmers at low interest rates.The nationalised banks provide loans to farmers at 7%"
The number of suicide by farmers has gone down in India, the central government stated in the Lok Sabha recently.
Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena informed the Lok Sabha during Question Hour that due to many measures taken by the central government the cases had fallen.
Minister Meena said,"As far as farmer suicides are concerned, there has been a fall in the numbers in Andhra Pradesh, also in Karnataka & Maharashtra. In Uttar Pradesh it was nil last year"
Samajwadi Party member Shailendra Kumar had alleged that the number of suicide by farmers is going up in India and the cntral government should provide credit to farmers at low interest rates of 1 to 2%.
Meena said,'' RBI (Reserve Bank of India) and NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) have been provided incentives to provide loans to farmers at low interest rates.The nationalised banks provide loans to farmers at 7%"
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