Debt relief certificates being distributed to farmers at a function in Ludhiana district on Wednesday
Ludhiana, May 30, 2018: Punjab Government has covered all eligible marginal farmers with land holdings below 2.5 acres in Ludhiana district as part of its initiative to bail out peasantry from debt trap by waiving loans of 3430 farmers worth Rs 20.99 crore.
The debt relief functions were organized in all the sub-divisions of the district on Wednesday.
Total 27804 marginal farmers of Ludhiana district have received the benefit under the scheme as per set criteria. The total outstanding loan of Rs 160.03 crore has been waived off.
372 farmers were covered and loans worth Rs 1.89 crore were waived off by government in Gill area whereas loans of 530 farmers in Dakha worth Rs 2.81 crore were cleared. Another 426 farmers in Jagraon got benefit of the scheme and their loans worth Rs 2.30 crore ranging from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 50,000 were waived off.
In Sahnewal, 532 farmers were covered under the loan waiver scheme and their loans worth Rs 3.90 crore was waived off. A loan waiver of Rs 31 lakh was given to 41 farmers in Khanna, Rs 3.23 crore to 581 farmers in Payal, Rs 2.54 crore belonging 464 farmers in Raikot and loans worth Rs 4.01 crore of 484 farmers in Samrala were cleared.
Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, MLA Gill constituency Kuldeep Singh Vaid, Samrala MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon, former Minister Tej Parkash Singh Kotli, MLA Payal Lakhbir Singh Lakha, former Minister Malkit Singh Dakha, senior Congress leaders Major Singh Bhaini, Satwinder Kaur Bitti concerned SDMs and a large number of farmers attended these functions.