"loan-waiver"

Directs it to remove the barricading set up at the Shambhu border near Ambala where farmers have been camping since February 13

To submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister and the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha

Farmers were also waiting for the waiver of the crop loans to borrow new loans from banks.

Promised should be extended to benefit all the farmers instead of finalising beneficiaries in a selective manner

T. Harish Rao, a former minister, urged the public to reject Congress leaders seeking votes in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Farmers need not worry if bank accounts are closed or if that account number has been changed due to any reason, said Minister for Agriculture S Niranjan Reddy

The Chief Minister, describing Ugadi as farmers' festival marking the commencement of agriculture activities, said the festival welcomes the end of the Fall and the beginning of Spring season

Finance Minister T Harish Rao, presenting the budget in the State Assembly on Thursday, said farms loans that did not exceed Rs 25,000 had already been waived.

He said that the state govt will implement the loan waiver scheme and grant funds for double bedroom houses in beneficiaries' own lands in the 2021-22 fiscal post Ugadi festival

Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the scheme would come into immediate effect and the required financial allocation would be made by his government.

It said that the relief to all borrowers in respect of compounding of interest during the period of moratorium would be admissible to the categories specified irrespective of whether the borrowers had availed the moratorium or not.