Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that our government is the government of farmers. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, works for the welfare of farmers are being done in the whole country. The old government cheated the farmers in the name of loan waiver and made them defaulters. They announced loan waiver of farmers in 10 days and waived only 6 thousand crore loan out of 48 thousand crore loan in 15 months. This was a big fraud with the farmers. A bundle of debt was brought on the heads of the farmers and they became defaulters. This stopped them from getting crop loans. Our government will pay the interest amount of each such farmer, so that they do not remain defaulters and they can get the benefit of crop loan scheme at zero percent interest.
Chouhan formally inaugurated the Chief Minister Farmer Interest Waiver Scheme-2023 in Sagar today. With this, the work of filling the application forms of the scheme has started in all the 4536 farmers’ primary cooperative societies of the state. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan also personally filled the loan waiver forms of some farmers including Pancham Lal Patel and gave them interest waiver certificates. Farmer Mr. Panchmalal Patel’s interest amount of Rs. 8782 and Mr. Jugendra Chirar’s interest amount of Rs. 40 thousand 303 was waived. The interest amount of Panchamlal of Rs. 8782 and that of Jugrendra Chirar of Rs. 40 thousand 303 Rs. was waived.
Chouhan said that a list of names of all those farmers who have become defaulters due to non-payment of interest amount has been published in all the primary cooperative societies. Farmers should visit their society, see the list and fill the free application. They should also get the acknowledgment of the application. The government will pay the interest amount of all such farmers and with this the defaulter farmers will also start getting crop loans for the next crop at zero percent interest.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the short-term crop loans of farmers whose crops were damaged were converted into medium-term crop loans. The government is also getting the interest amount of such farmers waived. This amount is approximately Rs 2123 crore.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that our government has put an amount of Rs 2 lakh 31 thousand 322 crore in the accounts of farmers in the last 3 years under various schemes. In this, 94 thousand 394 crore rupees for crop procurement, 47 thousand 188 crore rupees for electricity supply subsidy for agriculture, 15 thousand 541 crore rupees for Chief Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi, 7 thousand 963 crore rupees for Chief Minister Kisan-Kalyan Yojana, 4 This includes Rs. 82 crore for crop compensation, Rs. 115 crore for subsidy on solar pumps and Rs. 4375 crore for agricultural infrastructure development.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that our government always stands with the farmers. Even in times of crisis like Covid, the government continuously did farmer-welfare work and put a huge amount in their account. The farmers have also been given the amount for the recent crop loss. If any farmer has been left out of compensation, he will also be given proper compensation after getting the survey done.
Cooperative Minister Arvind Singh Bhadoria said that today is a historic day for the farmers of the state. The scheme for waiving the interest amount of farmers who defaulted due to the false announcement of loan waiver by the old government has been started in the state today. Under the scheme, interest of Rs 2200 crore will be waived off for about 11 lakh farmers of the state. With this, farmers will also be able to take advantage of the government’s crop loan scheme at zero percent interest.
The program was inaugurated by Chief Minister Chouhan with lighting the lamp in front of the picture of Maa Saraswati and worshiping the girls. The Chief Minister welcomed the farmer brothers who came in the program by showering flowers. Public Works Minister Gopal Bhargava, Urban Administration and Development Minister Bhupendra Singh, Revenue and Transport Minister Govind Singh Rajput, MP Raj Bahadur Singh, MLA Pradeep Laria, public representatives, officers and a large number of farmer brothers were present.
