Loan Waiver: Court Order Brings Relief to Few, 60,000 Farmers Still Await

• The 2017 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Samman Yojana' loan waiver scheme left many eligible farmers deprived.
• Following a Bombay High Court directive on May 2, 2024, some farmers who petitioned the court have recently been deemed eligible for the waiver.
• Farmers receiving the waiver must undertake that they are not income tax payers; IT payers are ineligible.
• Around 60,000 farmers eligible in 2017 are still awaiting their loan waivers due to data issues.
• Widespread dissatisfaction exists among farmers who haven't received waivers, impacting their ability to secure new loans and participate in cooperative bank elections.

Why It Matters: Unfulfilled loan waivers cause distress for thousands of farmers, exposing scheme failures.