Farmers’ association welcomes re-enumeration for loan waiver scheme

The Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Protection Association has welcomed the re-enumeration workout to place the beneficiaries of the agriculture indebtedness waiver strategy announced by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.

While welcoming the decision, relation caput Sundara Vimalanathan, successful a connection connected May 30, sought the conversion of existing loans arsenic medium-term loans truthful that the borrowers could avail caller loans for kuruvai cultivation.

Claiming that it was not a caller practice, helium said during the AIADMK authorities headed by Edappadi K. Palanisamy, farmers faced a piquant concern wherein they were not capable to repay the loans due to the fact that of harvest nonaccomplishment owed to Cyclone Gaja and different earthy calamities. Hence, the past AIADMK converted the short-term agriculture loans to the tune of ₹410 crore, distributed done cooperative societies, arsenic medium-term loans.

Now, with the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam authorities rolling retired a indebtedness waiver strategy for the payment of farmers, it should besides see inclusion of ₹410 crore medium-term loans pending re-payment by farmers arsenic a constituent of the caller indebtedness waiver scheme, helium pleaded.

Urging Mr. Vijay to merchandise a White Paper connected the fiscal information of the State, arsenic announced by him during his maiden code to the radical arsenic the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the relation sought the modification of the caller strategy beneficial to each farmers irrespective of the class the authorities fixes them in.