Trending Now
- 830 voters names go missing in Kavundampalayam constituency
- If BJP comes to power we shall consider bringing back electoral bonds: Nirmala Sitaraman
- Monitoring at check posts between Kerala and TN intensified as bird flu gets virulent in Kerala
Coimbatore
Farmers seek waiver of farm loans
August 27, 2018
COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam (Farmers Association) on Monday urged the Centre among other things waiver of agricultural loans.
In a petition submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through District Collector T.N. Hariharan, the association demanded that the Centre should take steps to provide a pension of Rs.5,000 to the farmers and to others involved in agriculture sector.
The Centre should also see to it that the Rs.2,000 crore arrears be paid to the sugar cane growers from the mills, it said.
