Farmers will get NOC by Oct 15: Minister Bandeppa Kashempur
Bengaluru, September 24: Cooperative Minister Bandeppa Kashempur said that the government has waived off the farm loans availed from the cooperative banks and by October 15, all the farmers would be given No Objection Certificate (NOC).
Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha here on Monday, the Minister said that more than 22 lakh farmers would get the benefit of the loan waiver and within one and half years, the state government has waived of Rs 17,000 crore loan which is first of its kind in the country.
Loans of farmers who deposited amount will also be waived
Irrespective of the deposits the farmers have in the cooperative banks, the government has decided to waive off their loans for which a new circular was issued. By October 5, the department would receive the receipts of the borrowers from the cooperative banks and by October 15 or by Dasara festival, the government would release the farmers loan amount to the banks. In the first phase, it was decided to waive off Rs 9,448 crore current loan. Later, the government has taken a decision to waive off the loans up to Rs 2 lakh availed from nationalized banks, he said.
The erstwhile Siddaramaiah government had waived of Rs 8,165 crore loans availed from cooperative societies and out of which, the coalition government has repaid Rs 2,500 crore. Apart from it, Rs 1,495 crore was also repaid recently and by 2019 July, all the loan amount would be cleared, he added.
New loan for 15 lakh farmers
Total 22 lakh farmers were benefited from the loan waiver scheme. Now, the government has decided to disburse fresh loans to 15 lakh farmers through cooperative banks and NABARD was asked for more assistance, he added.
Loan waiver amount would be credited into the savings accounts of the farmers. The Banks should transfer the loan waiver amount to their accounts, he said.
“The cooperative department officials were directed to give a report on the suicide of farmers family at Mandya recently. The government has taken steps to check the harassment of private money lenders and shortly, an act would be enforced. If the money lenders harassed the farmers, they should inform the police. The farmers should not take any hasty decisions and end their lives as the government is with them”.
- Bandeppa Kashempur, Minister
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
