Guidelines on farm loan waiver will be announced in Budget: CM
Bengaluru, June 25: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he has got the suggestions from the cooperative societies on farm loan waiver and guidelines for which will be announced in the Budget.
After holding a meeting with the officials of Agriculture, Cooperative Department and representatives of cooperative sector at the Vidhana Soudha here on Monday, the CM told media persons that the loan waiver scheme which should protect the interests of the farmers would be implemented. “How many days I will be in power is not important for me. What I will do for the welfare of the people during that time is more important for me. In order to help the farming community, he has got the suggestions from the Cooperative Sector. But at the same time, the cooperative societies should not incur losses due to the loan waiver scheme. The suggestions emerged from the meeting would help me in preparing the guidelines”, he said.
Within the limits of the coalition government, he would honestly try to fulfill the promises given to the farmers. Officials would play a major role in protecting the farmers. He noticed that some officials have been talking about the life of this coalition government. The officials have the onus to implement the government schemes. Officials need not to have any confusion on the existence of the coalition government. Farm loan waiver should benefit the farmers. It should not help the middlemen because he would not get any commission, he said.
Time extended up to March 31
The farmers would not get anything if they renew the old loan. The farmers should be ensured the loan benefits on time. Representatives of some cooperative societies have suggested to extend the last date from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018 to consider the loans for waiver scheme. Now, he has asked the Finance department officials to submit an actual report on the burden to the government and the cooperative societies if the time is extended. To implement the scheme, all cabinet colleagues including Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar and MLAs have supported. Shortly, a decision would be taken to waive off the huge farm loan, he said.
To be announced in Budget
The previous government had waived off the crop loans up to Rs 50,000 due which the state Exchequer incurred a burden of Rs 8000 crore and now, it would have another Rs 10,000 crore burden. Along with this, the details of crop loans taken from nationalized banks should be collected. For the implementation of the 6th Pay Commission recommendations, the government would require Rs 17,000 crore. Moreover, the government should continue the major programmes of the previous government. Keeping all these in mind, he would announce the loan waiver scheme in the budget shortly, the CM said.
Cooperative Minister Bandeppa Kashempur, Agriculture Minister NH Shivashankar Reddy, Health Minister Shivananda Patil, Chief Minister’s finance advisor Dr S Subramanya, heads of all district central cooperative banks and senior officers were present at the meeting.
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Kerala: Court imposes 41-year jail term on man for sexual assault of minor
Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy near Valayam in 2021.
Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court judge K Naushad Ali sentenced 64-year-old Panchara Musa, also known as Ganapathiyat Musa, under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to special public prosecutor Manoj Aroor.
As the sentences are to run concurrently, the convict will have to serve the highest term of 20 years’ imprisonment, SPP Aroor said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 52,000 on Musa.
The incident took place in August 2021 when the accused allegedly took the 14-year-old boy to a bus stop in Valayam town and sexually assaulted him, the prosecutor said. The accused also gave Rs 50 to the boy, he added.
Following the incident, the boy and his father lodged a complaint at the Valayam police station.
A case under various provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered, and the accused was subsequently arrested, the SPP said.
The prosecution examined 16 witnesses and submitted 16 documents to substantiate its case against the accused, he added.
