As promised by the BJP in their election manifesto, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on April 4 waived off farmer loan worth Rs 36,000 crore in the first cabinet meeting. In a big relief to farmers, the UP CM decided that 5,000 wheat purchasing centres will be formed across UP where they will able to sell their crops directly to the centres without any middlemen. They will only have to show their land sowing papers or Aadhar cards.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the poll campaign has promised that if BJP comes to power it would waive off farmer’s loan.
As per the government release, “Out of 2.30 crore farmers in the state, approximately 2.15 crore have land holdings between one and five acres. About 86.68 lakh of them are estimated to have taken crop loans from banks and they would be benefited.”
The decision came after a 90-minute meeting, where as per Cabinet minister Siddharth Nath Singh, a proposal on illegal slaughterhouses was also discussed. He said that 26 illegal slaughterhouses haven been shut in the state till now.
Marginal farmers are those who have land holdings of less than one hectare or 2.5 acre whereas those farmers who have land holdings of 1-2 are small farmers. Because of crop failure, the farmers in state could not pay their loans.
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– CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) April 4, 2017
However, the decision has invoked mixed reactions from people.
Modi Ji to Yogi Ji- Bhai mujhe bhi kuch krne do _ #loanwaiver
— Anshuman yadav (@Anshumanyadav17) April 5, 2017
@timesofindia @myogiadityanath Are all 15 lac Farmers poor or vote bank idiocy !!
– dr hemant anant sant (@santhemant) April 4, 2017
@IndianExpress this is cheating with honest taxpayers and blatant misuse of taxpayer’s money
– prashant d (@pdahivalkar) April 5, 2017
@ndtv @myogiadityanath What about those ppl who r jobless cos apparently they cant continue sellin beef_ Hope u ll be generous enuff 2 offer them alternative jobs_
– ___h_____ wuw__z_ (@cuteredlipstick) April 4, 2017
@IndianExpress This is remarkable Yogi Ji.
– Abhishek Pandey (@pandeyabhi123) April 4, 2017
@timesofindia @myogiadityanath A welcome step. Hope it will bring some relief to a section of our farmers. Farmers problem needs solution.
– Sk Abdul Abid (@skabdulabid) April 4, 2017
Am quitting film industry. Can’t pay my bills. Will be either a farmer or a businessmen so that I can get a #loanwaiver .
— Mahesh Nair (@soulcurrymovies) April 5, 2017
No action on Robert Vadra is the biggest farmer loan waiver by BJP.#loanwaiver #YogiSarkar #ModiSarkar #Congress #karzMaafi
— Thakur DSK (@dakshdeepak) April 5, 2017
#beefban has made #GOAT to promote #vegetarian food as well …. soon there will a #loanwaiver for them too as they will b short of “leaf” pic.twitter.com/yDwrR2mQAN
— Hello (@Readacross) April 5, 2017
The ones feeling cheated are 1.28 cr farmers (<5 acre) who DIDNT take loans. Do the honest/conscientious suffer in RamRajya? #loanwaiver
— Prashant Panday (@prash_realtruth) April 5, 2017
@AmanKayamHai_ET waiting for 2019 elections to see @BJP4India promising #loanwaiver for farmers of all States in #India @RadhamohanBJP
— Sai Kumar Kacham (@AlwaysKacham) April 4, 2017
Burn!
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— K Nayak (@dearknayak) April 5, 2017
.@myogiadityanath #loanwaiver All farmers from UP is doing #Yogi #Yogi. Yogi Ji Waah 🙂 5/5. pic.twitter.com/s18RMllUv8
— Keshav Rao (@keshavrao78) April 4, 2017
