Amritsar/Bathinda/Patiala: The crop loan waiver of Rs 2 lakh may not have been enough to revive the fortunes of most farmers, but a section of them is now eyeing fresh loans to put their derailed financial condition back on track once the government waives their old debts.
Our reputation in banks will automatically improve if government waives our loans. This will mean we have cleared bank loans, and we can again apply for fresh ones, said Darshan Singh, who owns two acres of farm land in Tarsikka.
Singh, who has around Rs 2 lakh as bank loan, is not ready to accept any of his faults in becoming a defaulter. The prices of farm inputs are increasing every year, but farm income has declined; it is the duty of government to give remunerati…
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