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 21,455 beneficiaries was waived today in nine events held at Raikot, Dakha, Gill, Jagraon, Khanna, Ludhiana (West), Payal, Sahnewal and Samrala.

“As many as 4,429 beneficiaries of Dakha got relief of Rs4.74 crore, 2,964 beneficiaries in Gill got relief of Rs3.37 crore, loan of Rs3.09 crore has been given to 2,901 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 4,628 farmers in Raikot and Rs3.86 crore of 3,132 beneficiaries in Sahnewal has been waived,” they said.—TNS