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।

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.

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.

Sugarcane farmers pending dues: According to the Indian Sugar Mills Association, sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh owe sugarcane farmers Rs 6,480 crore. A few days back, state chief minister Yogi Adityanath had promised that the farmers would get their due by August 31. The promise was not met with and the farmers are now protesting

Farmer committed suicide: Ratan Singh Rajput, 60, was under a debt of Rs 11 lakh and there was pressure to pay up. He had lost his urad crop owing to heavy rain. Unable to take so much stress, he ended his life