A joint study by NABARD and Bharat Krishak Samaj has found that four in ten distressed surveyed farmers did not receive any farm loan waiver benefits in Punjab, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh, which together comprise 27 per cent of the total Indian agricultural landholdings. The study also found that borrowings of an average Punjab farmer were far greater than their counterparts in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

The state government had launched a scheme in 2017, under which farmers were supposed to receive the difference in the market price and the minimum support price. However, they are unhappy over the delay in payments

A survey in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana found that a large chunk of farmers were not aware of crop insurance. Only 16 per cent were repaying their loans as they felt they would get a loan waiver from the government.

राजस्थान में प्रति किसान पर करीब 1 लाख 13 हजार रुपए का कर्ज़ है। कर्ज़ न चुकाने पाने वाले किसानों की जमीनें नीलाम हुई हैं। राजस्थान में 23 फरवरी को कृषि का बजट आ रहा है, माना जा अगले साल होने वाले चुनावों को देखते हुए अशोक गलहोत किसानों को कर्जमाफी का तोहफा दे सकते हैं।

A farmer in Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, has successfully grown water chestnuts on land that was stripped of its top 5-6 feet of soil. Madan Kahar is now the talk of not just his village, but several other neighbouring villages.