Loan waiver amount to be remitted to farmers accounts in phase-wise: CM Kumaraswamy
Sringeri: “I have clarity on all development works including loan waiver. The coalition government has been working beyond the expectations. Visual media has been looking at the government with yellow eyes and ‘campaigning’ against the government for the last seven months saying that it would collapse today and tomorrow”, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
He was speaking after laying foundation stone for various development works worth Rs 150 crore at Gourishankara auditorium here on Thursday night. Along with various pro-people development works introduced by the previous government, the coalition government has implemented various other development programmes including a revolutionary farm loan waiver scheme. It was delayed to accumulate the data of farm loans availed from the nationalized banks and cooperative banks and framing the norms. But the loan waiver amount would be remitted to the accounts of the farmers in a phased manner, he clarified.
In nationalized banks, there were three categories like defaulters, NPA and repayers. But the government has come out with clear norms to incentives to those who have already repaid their loans. The government would pay the 50 per cent principal amount and its interest of 2.80 lakh NPA farmers. For 2 lakh farmers who have not repaid anything so far, the government would remit Rs 50,000 as first installment for each farmer to the banks on December 8 and 2.20 lakh honest borrowers who have already repaid their loans would get Rs 25,000 incentives, he said.
However, in primary agriculture development bank, the government would pay the interest on principal loan amount and the farmers would be given time for repayment. Under the Badavara Bandhu scheme, currently 50,000 beneficiaries were being given the loan and additional amount would also be given to those who repay the amount honestly.
The government has been giving loan up to Rs 5 lakh interest-free loan and Rs 5 lakh at lowest interest rate for self help groups and sthree shakti groups. A scheme would be inaugurated this month to purchase the products produced by the self help groups and sthree shakti groups. The coalition government has created a history by earmarking Rs 1200 crore for the construction of school buildings. Even then, some people have been saying that the government has not yet taken off, he said.
The Chief Minister also distributed gas stoves to Anila Bhagya beneficiaries and sanctioning letters of social security schemes to some beneficiaries. MLA TD Raje Gowda presided over the programme in which, Tourism Minister SR Mahesh, MLC SL Boje Gowda, SL Dharme Gowda, deputy commissioner MK Srirangaiah, IGP Arun Chakravarthy and other elected representatives were present.
“I have shown my commitment to construct bridges in place of foot bridges in Malnad region. I have directed the authorities to replace total 400 foot-bridges in Malnad. I will take the requests of people and activists on development of tanks and other water bodies and road developments in national parks, and Kasturirangan report. The coalition government is the government of 6.50 crore people of the state. I am working amidst the people. People can come to me directly and express their problems”.
- HD Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister
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UP man gets life term for electrocuting mentally challenged wife to death in Bareilly
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A local court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his mentally challenged wife by repeatedly electrocuting her while she was tied to a cot, lawyers said on Thursday.
Additional district government counsel Harendra Singh Rathore said Additional Sessions Judge Avinash Kumar Singh on Wednesday convicted Vinod Kumar (45) for killing his wife, Satyavati, in Chaina village of Bareilly district and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him.
According to the prosecution, he was allegedly frustrated with his wife Satyavati's mental illness and often assaulted her.
Rathore said the prosecution examined nine witnesses to establish the charges against him.
As per court records, on the night of May 1-2, 2022, when Satyavati was asleep, Vinod tied her hands and legs to a cot using ropes and then connected an aluminium cable to an electric board to repeatedly administer electric shocks to her.
"She writhed in pain, but the accused continued to electrocute her until she died," the prosecution said.
The court observed that the murder was carried out in an inhuman manner.
After committing the crime, the accused threw the rope and cable on the roof and left for work at a brick kiln around 2 am to create a false alibi.
He later tried to mislead the police and the victim's family by claiming that Satyavati, whose mental condition was unstable, had accidentally died by suicide after grabbing a live electric wire.
However, the victim's brother, Sanjeev, a resident of Shahjahanpur district, suspected foul play and lodged an FIR under sections 498A (husband subjecting wife to cruelty) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code at Nawabganj police station.
During the trial, the prosecution relied on the post-mortem report prepared by Dr Faraz Anwar, who stated that multiple electrocution marks found on different parts of the victim's body could not have been self-inflicted.
The police also recovered the rope and electric wire used in the crime on the accused's identification, officials said.
