Photo: HTThe Maharashtra government on Thursday night extended by a week the deadline for farmers to apply online for farm loan waivers. They can now submit online applications for farm loan waivers till 22 September as against 15 September earlier, said Subhash Deshmukh, state minister of cooperation, marketing and textile. The decision comes as a relief to the 4.4 million farmers who had not been able to submit their online applications by 14 September. Deshmukh heads the ministers’ group formed by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to implement the loan waiver scheme. The government staff deployed at these centres are not familiar with the provisions of the loan waiver and they can only provide technical support.

Source: Mint September 14, 2017 23:26 UTC