NOC for all farmers at a time: Minister Kashampur
Bengaluru, August 13: Cooperative Minister Bandeppa Kashempur said that the state government has decided to issue No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to all farmers at a time as it has already waived of Rs 9,448 crore crop loan availed from cooperative societies.
Speaking to reporters at his office at Vidhana Soudha here on Monday, the Minister said that the government has waived of the agriculture loan up to Rs 1 lakh till July 10, 2018. Now, the government has declared the waiver of short term loans up to Rs 1 lakh availed from primary agriculture credit cooperative societies and DCC Banks. One family would get the loan waiver benefit up to Rs 1 lakh. If the farmer who had availed the loan died, his family members would get that benefit. If the farmer has already repaid the loan completely, then the loan amount would be credited to the savings account of the farmer through Direct Beneficiary Transfer system, he said.
Out of 78 lakh farmers, 22 lakh farmers have been getting loans from cooperative banks and 26 lakh farmers have been availing loans from nationalized banks and remaining farmers were not able to get the loans. Now, the department has planned to give loans to such farmers through cooperative societies, he said.
Financial aid requested
In order to disburse loans to the farmers, the state government has sought financial assistance from NABARD. So far, the government was getting 40 per cent financial assistance and now, demand was placed to increase it to 75 per cent and was expecting 60 per cent assistance, he said.
The cooperative societies and banks have disbursed Rs 10,700 crore loan to the farmers. Of which, the government has waived of Rs 9,448 crore loan. The government has already directed the primary credit cooperative societies to display the list of borrowers, he said.
Bogus accounts
While linking Aadhaar numbers to the transactions in cooperative societies, total Rs 50 crore was found 6000 bogus accounts. So, the account holders list would be announced and action would be taken against bogus accounts holders, he said.
“In order to instill confidence among farmers, Chief Minister Kumaraswamy has transplanted paddy saplings in Mandya. He would be invited to North Karnataka to offer pooja to Tur, moong and other produces. The Chief Minister would participate in agriculture activities in Bidar”.
- Bandeppa Kashempur, Cooperative Minister
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
