Chief Minister Kamal Nath said that opposition need not worry. After 15 days, 25 to 30 lakh farmers of the state will say that their loan has been waived off. He further stated that the government will pay full compensation to the farmers, whose crops have been damaged by the hail storm and cold weather.
Nath was replying to the discussions on issues that cannot be delayed related to public importance held on the damage caused to the crops by the cold weather at Vidhan Sabha today under the Rule -139.
Nath said that the opposition should not worry at all for loan waiver. We had made promise in the manifesto in this regard and are making preparations for it since the last 6 months. A planned policy has been made for the loan waiver. We have said that loan upto `2 lakh will be waived off. Whether the loan has been taken from the scheduled bank, cooperative bank or RRB, it will be waived off. He further mentioned that the opposition need not worry; its problem will be solved after 15 days, when 25 lakh farmers of the state will inform that their loan has been waived off. The Chief Minister further said that he will begin the process of the loan waiver from tomorrow from Ratlam. He mentioned that the loan waiver is neither artificial nor gimmick, this is a real loan waiver.
In regard to the affected crops by hail and cold weather, Kamal Nath said this is not new. When we were in the opposition, this kind of natural calamities used to occur. We know about the lapses, which occurred during the survey of hail and cold weather affected crops in the past. The Chief Minister further stated that compensation will be given to each farmer of the state on the basis of survey by eradicating the lapses.
Besides, the Chief Minister said that wheat procurement centers will not be reduced. Not a single centre from the procurement centers which were made in the past will be reduced. He mentioned that the procurement centers cannot be increased due to the shortage of time but they will not be reduced.