Farm loan waiver approved in MP

The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Saturday approved a farm loan waiver scheme under which dues of farmers worth Rs200,000 would be waived. The cabinet also extended the cut-off date for farm loan waiver from March 31 to December 12, 2018. After coming to power, Chief Minister Kamal Nath had announced that only those loans which are outstanding as on March 31, 2018, would be eligible for a loan waiver, creating confusion among the farmers. —