Punjab waives Rs 590 crore farm debt loans for labourers and landless farming community

UPSC Practice recommends Punjab waives Rs 590 crore farm debt loans for labourers and landless farming community.

The government will pay off loans to the tune of Rs 590 crore of 285,325 members of the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS), thus ensuring a relief of Rs 20,000 per member, said the statement quoting the chief minister Amarinder Singh.

Courtesy: News-Economic Times

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