Haryana Government has waived off debt amounting to Rs154.75 crore of those who have taken loans from Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance Development Corporation (HSFDC) and Haryana Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections Kalyan Nigam (HBCKN) thus benefiting about 1.64 lakh such beneficiaries.
Haryana Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, Geeta Bhukkal said that as it was a long pending demand of people belonging to Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes to waive their debt. Now, this decision had made them free from debt. She said that HSFDC had waived debt of Rs73.52 crore of 1,20,787 loanees whereas HBCKN has given a waiver of Rs81.23 crore to 43,173 people of backward classes categories.
The Minister said that waiving of huge amount is a bold decision for the welfare of members belonging to SCs and BCs in the state and the present government had honored its commitment for their well-being. Earlier also, the government had taken a number of welfare decisions for the benefit of all especially, the people belonging to SCs and BCs and this practice would continue in future also.
She said that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has also announced interest subvention of 50 per cent in future to all those who would repay their loans in time.
Giving district wise details of HSFDC loanees benefitted under the debt waiver scheme, Bhukkal said that debt of 6,454 loanees have been waived off in district Ambala whereas 7,331 people have been given debt waiver in district Bhiwani. Similarly, loan of 4,552 persons have been waived in district Faridabad, 3,786 in Fatehabad, 2,477 in Gurgaon, 11,130 in Hisar, 2,381 in Jhajjar, 11,034 in Jind, 8,311 in Kaithal, 8,480 in Karnal, 4,106 in Kurukshetra, 3,927 in Mewat, 6,055 in Narnaul, 5,218 in Palwal, 3,759 in Panchkula, 5,625 in Panipat, 5,567 in Rewari, 4,253 in Rohtak, 5,892 in Sirsa, 4,828 in Sonipat and 5,581 in district Yamunanagar.