Amid debt waiver clamour across India, 71% Chhattisgarh farmers repay loans

Raman Singh had announced Rs 3,200 cr as an interest-free loan for farmers in 2017

Unlike other states across the country where farmers are reeling with farm loan problems, about 71 per cent farmers in Chhattisgarh have repaid the loan.

Due to crop failures and other issues, farmers in many states are reluctant to repay the farm loan mounting pressure on the respective state governments to waive it off. In Chhattisgarh, the situation is completely different and the repayment of loan had been considerably satisfying.

According to state’s agriculture and cooperative department officials, loans to the tune of Rs 4,474.15 crore were disbursed to the farmers. The state government had been providing interest-free loans for