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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Bank manager shot dead in fit of rage by security manager upset by salary, denied leave
Lucknow (PTI): A security guard of a Ghaziabad bank upset over leave and salary related issues walked into the manager's cabin and shot him dead, police said on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old manager of the Loni branch of the Punjab and Sind Bank was rushed to a hospital on Monday where he was declared dead, they said.
The security guard, Ravindra Hooda (50) and his accomplice, Shishupal (57), have been arrested, police said.
"The security guard along with his accomplice entered the cabin of the bank manager and fired at him. The injured bank manager was taken to GTB Hospital in Delhi for treatment, where doctors declared him as dead," police said in a statement.
SHO Loni Border Manish Bist on Tuesday said the bank manager, Abhishek Kumar, was from Patna. He has been posted in Ghaziabad since August 2025, and was living in a rented house with his wife.
Police said that during interrogation, Hooda said he had been working in the branch for the past two and a half months.
"He said his salary was reduced, and when he would ask for leave, it was refused. Following this, there was an argument with him (Abhishek Kumar)," the police statement said.
He said he fired at the bank manager in anger and that Shishupal was present with him during the incident, it added. Hooda and Shishupal were from the same village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.
Police said a case under section 103 (1) (punishment for murder) of the BNS has been registered against him. Police have recovered a double-barrel gun and ammunition and the Arms Act has also been slapped on the accused, the statement said.
