Fifth phase of Farmers Debt Relief Scheme launched

  • | Saturday | 21st August, 2021

Ludhiana August 20The fifth phase of the Farmers' Debt Relief Scheme for farm labourers and landless members of Primary Agriculture Co-operative Societies was launched here today. Fatehgarh Sahib Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Amar Singh MLAs Rakesh Pandey Amrik Singh Dhillon and Kuldeep Vaid political adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Sandeep Singh Sandhu and Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma launched the scheme. They said in Ludhiana loans worth Rs23.54 crore of 21455 beneficiaries was waived today in nine events held at Raikot Dakha Gill Jagraon Khanna Ludhiana (West) Payal Sahnewal and Samrala. “As many as 4429 beneficiaries of Dakha got relief of Rs4.74 crore 2964 beneficiaries in Gill got relief of Rs3.37 crore loan of Rs3.09 crore has been given to 2901 landless farmers and farm labourers in Jagraon Rs67.22 lakh loan of 638 beneficiaries has been waived in Khanna” they added. “Similarly 37 farmers of Ludhiana (West) have been given benefit of Rs2.87 lakh Rs83.84 lakh relief has been provided to 726 beneficiaries in Payal Rs4.71 crore loan of 4628 farmers in Raikot and Rs3.86 crore of 3132 beneficiaries in Sahnewal has been waived” they said.—TNS

Ludhiana August 20 The fifth phase of the Farmers Debt Relief Scheme for farm labourers and landless members of Primary Agriculture Co-operative Societies was launched here today. Fatehgarh Sahib Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Amar Singh MLAs Rakesh Pandey Amrik Singh Dhillon and Kuldeep Vaid political adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Sandeep Singh Sandhu and Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma launched the scheme. They said in Ludhiana loans worth Rs23.54 crore of 21455 beneficiaries was waived today in nine events held at Raikot Dakha Gill Jagraon Khanna Ludhiana (West) Payal Sahnewal and Samrala. “As many as 4429 beneficiaries of Dakha got relief of Rs4.74 crore 2964 beneficiaries in Gill got relief of Rs3.37 crore loan of Rs3.09 crore has been given to 2901 landless farmers and farm labourers in Jagraon Rs67.22 lakh loan of 638 beneficiaries has been waived in Khanna” they added. “Similarly 37 farmers of Ludhiana (West) have been given benefit of Rs2.87 lakh Rs83.84 lakh relief has been provided to 726 beneficiaries in Payal Rs4.71 crore loan of 4628 farmers in Raikot and Rs3.86 crore of 3132 beneficiaries in Sahnewal has been waived” they said.—TNS

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