The Congress asserts that the scheme’s rollout efficiently concluded after the third part of disbursals for farmers with loans underneath ₹2 lakh on August 15. Nonetheless, opposition events contend that lakhs of farmers stay excluded, hindering their capacity to safe contemporary loans.
BRS Working President Okay T Rama Rao alleges that solely 40 per cent of farmers acquired mortgage waivers. Former Agricultural Minister S Niranjan Reddy echoed this sentiment, stating that whereas the federal government pledged to waive ₹31,000 crore, solely ₹18,000 crore was disbursed.
Pressured to acknowledge that some farmers are nonetheless awaiting funds, the Congress authorities attributes the delay to Aadhar linkage and different technical points and minor errors in checking account particulars.
The State Authorities, nevertheless, was pressured to confess that ‘some farmers’ had been but to obtain the quantity of their accounts. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Minister for Civil Provides, stated that a few of their financial institution accounts couldn’t be reached resulting from points associated to Aadhar linkage.
“We couldn’t switch the cash to 1.65 lakh accounts for need of Aaadhar particulars. Loans of one other 6.5 lakh farmers couldn’t be cleared resulting from errors within the account particulars and absence of ration playing cards,” the Minister stated.
Consequently, the federal government cleared loans of solely eight lakh farmers (with loans underneath ₹2 lakhs).
Within the first two phases final month, the federal government cleared loans value ₹12,000 crore for farmers with loans underneath ₹1.5 lakhs. The third part, which kicked off on Independence Day, was meant for farmers with loans underneath ₹2 lakhs. The scheme was a part of the six ballot guarantees made by the Congress Get together through the Meeting elections.
The BRS maintains that the federal government disbursed solely ₹18,000 crore to clear the dues of twenty-two lakh farmers, leaving many within the lurch. Initially, the federal government insisted on the scheme’s completion by August 15, however mounting criticism and farmer grievances prompted key ministers to supply explanations for the delays.
The Agriculture Ministry cited excellent mortgage quantities exceeding Rs 2 lakh and technical glitches as causes for non-disbursal. Moreover, they reported that funds deposited within the accounts of twenty-two,000 farmers had been returned resulting from technical points.
A senior BRS chief and former Finance Minister T Harish Rao accused the federal government of resorting to farmer arrests to suppress dissent over the scheme’s shortcomings. This political row underscores the contentious nature of the crop mortgage waiver scheme and its influence on farmers and the political panorama in Hyderabad.
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