'Farm loan waiver scheme to be implemented soon'

By Staff
|
Google Oneindia News

Bangalore, June 17, 2008: Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday that the nationalized banks would start implementing the scheme to waive off farmers loan soon. He said that the state-run Canara Bank would implement the scheme by this month end.

Chidambaram earlier proposed a waiver of rupees 600 billion of bank loans to farmers in the fiscal year 2008-09 in his annual budget. He had set June 30 as the deadline for waiving bank loans to small and marginal farmers.

Watch Video


OneIndia News

For Daily Alerts
Get Instant News Updates
Enable
x
Notification Settings X
Time Settings
Done
Clear Notification X
Do you want to clear all the notifications from your inbox?
Settings X
X