Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Farmers battered by kharif crop losses in Nanded district could find it easier to secure loans to sow their rabi crops. The district administration has removed three key administrative hurdles that were holding up crop credit.
Delayed monsoon rainfall reduced kharif sowing in the region by 3.6 lakh hectares compared with the five-year average. More than 46 lakh hectares were eventually brought under kharif crops, but farmers have reported extensive damage after an almost dry Aug and Sept. “Even if the kharif season is largely destroyed due to a poor monsoon in rain-fed areas, farmers with irrigation facilities can take up rabi crops.
Many such farmers have also lost their kharif crops. Stay updated with the latest Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar news.
We expect strict compliance from both the revenue and banking machinery with our latest orders,” Kardile said. They now want the “Nanded model” replicated across Maharashtra. They need financial support to undertake rabi cultivation,” farmers’ rights activist Jayaji Suryawanshi said. the process of panchanamas is still in progress While chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced “blanket” assistance for drought-affected farmers.
“The objective is to ensure timely availability of working capital for the rabi season and remove unnecessary procedural bottlenecks in crop loan supply. Farmers’ rights activists welcomed the measures. The intervention comes amid widespread farm distress in Marathwada. Download the TOI App.
Banks can no longer insist on No Objection Certificates (NOCs) from farmers occupying Class-2 land. Tehsildars have also been directed to immediately remove old Bhu-Vikas Bank (Land Development Bank) loan burdens still appearing on farmers’ 7/12 land extracts. The administration has further ordered correct Class-2 entries for permanent allottees of ‘gairan’ land.
The move is aimed at ensuring that farmers who lost their kharif crops are not starved of working capital for the next season. District collector Rahul Kardile has issued three orders to streamline loan disbursal.