Study of other states loan waiver schemes being conducted: Raj

The Rajasthan government's 11-member committee is conducting the study of loan waiver schemes of other states so that a suitable action could be taken in the interest of farmers in the state, agriculture minister Prabhu Lal Saini said today.
Replying to a question during a Question Hour in the Assembly, Saini informed the house that the farmers' organisations gave representations to the state government over 57-points and loan waiver was their main demand.
He said that the government has appointed an 11-member committee to look into the matter.
Saini said that the committee is conducting study of models of other states and on the basis of the report, the government would take a suitable action for loan waiver.

The minister said that the government is working in the direction of the loan waiver for farmers but no decision in haste will be taken.
Saini informed that the government also sent the team to Karnataka for the study.

"We want to present a good example in the country and the work in this direction is going on," he said.
The minister informed that the state government has done 85 per cent works done as per the Swaminathan Commission's report on the farmers' issues.
In his question, independent MLA Nandkishore Maharia asked a clear reply from the minster whether the government will waive farmers' loan or not.

Noisy scenes were witnessed when the government deputy chief whip Madan Rathore objected to Maharia when the latter referring to BJP's election manifesto said that the party had promised to declare minimum support price (MSP) of all crops.
Rathore said that the BJP did not promise to declare the MSP of 'all' crops.