Rahul Gandhi once again confuses loan write-off as loan waiver
4 years ago

Rahul Gandhi once again confuses loan write-off as loan waiver

Op India  

On Thursday, Gandhi-scion Rahul Gandhi, who is enjoying his vacation in Milan, Italy, took to Twitter to put out misleading information on the alleged ‘waiving-off’ loans of industrialists by the Modi government. Rahul Gandhi, interestingly, coming up with some magical numbers of Rs 2,37,206 crore, claiming that the Modi government forgave some industrialists by ‘waiving-off’ their loans. Contrary to the claims of Rahul Gandhi, no loans worth Rs 2,37,206 crore given to the industrialists are being ‘waived-off’. In November 2016, Rahul Gandhi spread lies and claimed that the Modi government had then waived off loans worth Rs 1.1 lakh crores of big industrialists.

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BJP-RSS working round the clock to finish the Constitution: Rahul Gandhi
2 months ago

BJP-RSS working round the clock to finish the Constitution: Rahul Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, saying that they were working round-the-clock to finish off the Constitution. BJP-RSS working round the clock to finish the Constitution: Rahul Gandhi “I can say with guarantee that prime minister Narendra Modi has not read the Constitution. The …

Congress deceived Telangana farmers in name of loan waiver: BRS
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress deceived Telangana farmers in name of loan waiver: BRS

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Thursday accused the Congress of deceiving and defrauding farmers under the guise of Rs 2 lakh loan waiver. In a press statement issued here, Rama Rao termed the loan waiver scheme as a massive “betrayal” of the farming community. ‘Million-dollar joke’ The BRS leader demanded that the Congress government explain to the …

Vote for Congress candidates to save Constitution, reservation: Rahul Gandhi
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Vote for Congress candidates to save Constitution, reservation: Rahul Gandhi

New Indian Express  

“BJP leaders are stating they will amend the Constitution. If you try to tear and throw away this book, watch what the people of the country and Congress party will do to you,” Rahul said addressing an election rally in Balangir while holding a copy of the Constitution. He had launched the party’s campaign at Salipur in Cuttack district on …

Rahul Gandhi promises multiple farmloan waivers, farmers’ commission
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi promises multiple farmloan waivers, farmers’ commission

Hindustan Times  

Nagpur: It was raining promises for the farmers at Paratwada in Amravati district. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promised them multiple farmloan waivers and the setting up of an agriculture commission to solve farmers’ problems if the INDIA bloc is voted to power. Addressing a massive rally at Paratwada for the Congress candidate, Balwant Wankhede, who is pitted against the sitting …

PM Modi waived off loans worth ₹16 lakh crore of his billionaire friends: Rahul
8 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi waived off loans worth ₹16 lakh crore of his billionaire friends: Rahul

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of waiving off loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of his billionaire friends, and said the country will never forgive him for this "crime". "Narendra Modi has waived off the loans of his billionaire friends amounting to Rs 1,60,00,00,00,00,000 i.e. With this much money: 16 crore …

INDIA alliance govt will create crores of 'lakhpatis': Rahul Gandhi
8 months, 3 weeks ago

INDIA alliance govt will create crores of 'lakhpatis': Rahul Gandhi

New Indian Express  

AMRAVATI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that 10 years of Narendra Modi government saw only 22-25 persons becoming billionaires, but if the INDIA alliance is voted to power, it will turn crores of people into "lakhpatis." The Congress, which is a part of the opposition INDIA alliance, has listed the Mahalaxmi scheme and the right to apprenticeship among …

PM waived off loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of his billionaire friends: Rahul
8 months, 3 weeks ago

PM waived off loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of his billionaire friends: Rahul

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of waiving off loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of his billionaire friends, and said the country will never forgive him for this "crime". "Narendra Modi has waived off the loans of his billionaire friends amounting to Rs 1,60,00,00,00,00,000 i.e. With this much money: 16 crore youth …

Rahul Gandhi promises GST exemption for farmers
10 months ago

Rahul Gandhi promises GST exemption for farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: In a major announcement, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised that farmers will be excluded from the ambit of GST and the PM Fasal Bima Yojana will be restructured if his party and the I.N.D.I.A. Swaminathan committee report; restructuring of the crop insurance scheme; withdrawal of GST currently recovered from farmers; loan waiver and protection of price of …

A Loan Write-Off is Not a Loan Waiver. But AAP's Propaganda Politics Chooses to Ignore the Difference
2 years, 4 months ago

A Loan Write-Off is Not a Loan Waiver. But AAP's Propaganda Politics Chooses to Ignore the Difference

News 18  

Joseph Goebbels famously said that if you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. In the recent series of attacks, AAP is accusing the Narendra Modi government of giving undue financial benefits to corporates by writing off loans worth more than Rs 10 lakh crore. CM Arvind Kejriwal often highlights that …

Bank loan waivers example of ‘freebie’ culture: Congress
2 years, 5 months ago

Bank loan waivers example of ‘freebie’ culture: Congress

The Hindu  

Writing off bank loans is an example of freebie culture and not providing food to the economically weaker sections, the Congress said on August 12 to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on ending freebie culture. Why were bank loans worth ₹5.8 lakh crore written off and why was corporate tax worth ₹1.45 lakh crore reduced, asked Congress …

Only 50% farmers benefited from farm loan waivers, finds study
2 years, 5 months ago

Only 50% farmers benefited from farm loan waivers, finds study

The Hindu  

Only about half of the intended beneficiaries of farm loan waivers announced by nine States since 2014, have actually received debt write-offs, as per a study by State Bank of India’s researchers. By contrast, farm loan waivers implemented by Chhattisgarh in 2018 and Maharashtra in 2020, were received by 100% and 91% of the eligible farmers, respectively. “Since 2014, out …

Rajasthan agriculture budget: Govt plans to allocate ₹2,500cr for loan waiver
2 years, 10 months ago

Rajasthan agriculture budget: Govt plans to allocate ₹2,500cr for loan waiver

Hindustan Times  

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government plans to allocate ₹2,500 crore in its first ever agriculture budget this month to waive crop loans of farmers, whom banks have given notices or are in the process of receiving them for attachment of properties for failing to repay their debts, officials said. “The state government issued orders to stop the process of auctioning of …

Committed to cover all farmers in State under loan waiver scheme: Maharashtra Government
3 years ago

Committed to cover all farmers in State under loan waiver scheme: Maharashtra Government

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra Government on Friday told the Legislative Assembly that it was committed to cover all the farmers in the State under its loan waiver scheme, saying its implementation took a backseat due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Replying to a discussion on the issue during the Question Hour, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said that ₹31.81 lakh farmers are …

Ahead of polls, Punjab govt announces to waive farmers’ loans up to Rs 2 lakh
3 years ago

Ahead of polls, Punjab govt announces to waive farmers’ loans up to Rs 2 lakh

India TV News  

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in the state, the Congress government in Punjab has announced to waive off loans of up to Rs 2 lakh for around 1.09 lakh small and marginal farmers, who own land up to five acres. "The Punjab government has decided to waive loans of farmers who have loans upto Rs 2 lakh on their …

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot Writes to PM Modi Demanding Waiver of Outstanding Farm Loans
4 years ago

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot Writes to PM Modi Demanding Waiver of Outstanding Farm Loans

News 18  

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday demanding a waiver of the outstanding loans taken by farmers from nationalised and Bhoomi Vikas banks. According to an RTI reply, the Modi government, in its first tenure, had waived loans amounting to Rs 7.95 lakh crore of industrialists, but had not done anything …

MP Govt Makes U-turn On Data On Farm Loan Waiver by Cong, Minister Says Officers Offered Wrong Info
4 years, 3 months ago

MP Govt Makes U-turn On Data On Farm Loan Waiver by Cong, Minister Says Officers Offered Wrong Info

News 18  

A day after Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh tabled data in the state Assembly on farm loan waiver by previous Congress government, Urban Administration and Development Minister Bhupendra Singh clarified that officers had submitted erroneous information and that only a nominal amount was waived off. During the one-day monsoon session of Assembly on Monday, Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel …

MP Govt Says Farm Loans of over 26 Lakh Farmers Waived off, Kamal Nath Calls It a Lie
4 years, 3 months ago

MP Govt Says Farm Loans of over 26 Lakh Farmers Waived off, Kamal Nath Calls It a Lie

News 18  

The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh submitted a reply in the state Assembly on Monday stating that farm loans of more than 26 lakh farmers had been waived off as part of the Jai Kisan waiver scheme so far. Replying to a query by former Congress minister Jaivardhan Singh, state agriculture minister Kamal Patel submitted a written reply with details …

Show loans taken by fugitives as outstanding: Chidambaram
4 years, 8 months ago

Show loans taken by fugitives as outstanding: Chidambaram

The Hindu  

Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said banks should show loans taken by fugitives Vijay Mallya, Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi as ‘outstanding loans’ in their account books instead of writing them off. “The only way to undo the monumental error is for RBI to direct the banks concerned to reverse the entries and continue to show the …

Government positive about loan waiver above Rs 2 lakh, says Ajit Pawar
4 years, 11 months ago

Government positive about loan waiver above Rs 2 lakh, says Ajit Pawar

India TV News  

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Friday that the state government was positive about waiving farm loans above the limit of Rs 2 lakh. The loan waiver scheme announced by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government after coming to power last year has a cap of Rs 2 lakh. "The government has given loan waiver to farmers whose dues were …

Watch : Rahul Gandhi keeps changing that amount that Modi govt has waived for industrialists
5 years, 8 months ago

Watch : Rahul Gandhi keeps changing that amount that Modi govt has waived for industrialists

Op India  

Even as India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani and other industrialists endorse the candidature of Congress leader Milind Deora, party president Rahul Gandhi does not stop his lies that Narendra Modi has waived debt worth several lakh crores belonging to rich industrialists in India. On several occasions, Rahul Gandhi has said that loans of 3.5 lakh owed by 15 richest industrialists …

Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income promise a ’bluff announcement’: Arun Jaitley
5 years, 9 months ago

Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income promise a ’bluff announcement’: Arun Jaitley

Live Mint  

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday described the poll promise of Congress President Rahul Gandhi to dole out ₹72,000 each to poorest families every year as a "bluff announcement", saying no other political party has betrayed India for more than seven decades. "If the Congress Party's announcement is tested on simple arithmetic, Rs.72,000 for five crore families works out to …

PM Modi has cheated nation, says Rahul Gandhi
5 years, 9 months ago

PM Modi has cheated nation, says Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

Kalaburagi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a severe attack on PM Modi alleging that the latter was not only a 'thief' but also a 'liar' as he had cheated the country with his various decisions and also his glib talk. Mr Gandhi recalled that it was at the same ground in 2009 that he had announced that the …

Rahul Gandhi’s farmer loan waiver lie exposed: Amidst severe outrage farmers threaten ‘mass suicide’ over fake loans in Madhya Pradesh
5 years, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi’s farmer loan waiver lie exposed: Amidst severe outrage farmers threaten ‘mass suicide’ over fake loans in Madhya Pradesh

Op India  

Kamal Nath led Congress government’s promise in Madhya Pradesh, to waive-off farms loans under Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana has turned out to be a debacle. — Rahul Gandhi December 19, 2018 Amidst what can be seen as a massive loan-waiver scam brewing in the state, the farmers have now, threatened to commit ‘mass suicide’ after their names appeared on …

Rahul Gandhi slams govt’s cash transfer scheme, promises farm loan waiver across India
5 years, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi slams govt’s cash transfer scheme, promises farm loan waiver across India

Hindustan Times  

The NDA government’s budget announcement to provide income support to farmers came under attack from Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday. “The Modi government gives crores of rupees to the corrupt but only announces ₹17 per day for poor farmers,” Rahul Gandhi said. Addressing Congress’s first rally at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan after 28 years, the Congress chief announced that Patna …

Here are 10 questions that Rahul Gandhi should answer as he meets Rajasthan farmers on January 9th
6 years ago

Here are 10 questions that Rahul Gandhi should answer as he meets Rajasthan farmers on January 9th

Op India  

Congress President Rahul Gandhi is addressing Rajasthan farmers in a rally on 9th January. The grand old party has been promising farmer loan waivers if they get voted to power and while Madhya Pradesh was quick to implement, Rajasthan farmers are still waiting for the go-ahead. Despite your promise of waiving off farm loans within 10 days of assuming power, …

Despite Congress promises, Rajasthan farmers unlikely to get waiver certificate till after 2019 elections: Report
6 years ago

Despite Congress promises, Rajasthan farmers unlikely to get waiver certificate till after 2019 elections: Report

Op India  

The farmers of Rajasthan may have to wait many more months to realise their dream of loans being waived-off as a report by the DNA claims that the Rajasthan government may take a longer time to implement the scheme of the loan-waiver in the state. The loan waiver scheme announced two days back by the Congress government will have an …

Amarinder flays Badal over loan waiver for farmers
6 years ago

Amarinder flays Badal over loan waiver for farmers

The Quint  

Chandigarh, Dec 21 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday trashed as "political theatrics" Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal's comment on the loan waiver announced by the Congress in Punjab and other states. Lashing out at Badal for his "continued efforts to exploit the sentiments of the farmers, to whom the former regime had failed to deliver even …

It's done! Asked for 10 days, but did in 2: Rahul Gandhi after farm loan waivers in Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh
6 years ago

It's done! Asked for 10 days, but did in 2: Rahul Gandhi after farm loan waivers in Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh

India TV News  

It's done!, exclaimed Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday after farmer loans were waived off in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan as promised by the grand-poll party in its election manifestos. After assuming charge as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on December 17, Kamal Nath first signed files of farm loan waiver of Rs 2 lakh each. According to …

Exclusive: Watch video of Congress leaders prompting Rahul Gandhi what to speak before media
6 years ago

Exclusive: Watch video of Congress leaders prompting Rahul Gandhi what to speak before media

India TV News  

Addressing India's distressed farmers directly from outside Parliament, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he will not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi sleep until all farm loans have been waived. "We will not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi sleep until loans of all farmers are waived," the Congress president said. As the press conference started, Rahul Gandhi launched a …

Will not let Narendra Modi sleep until farm loans are waived, says Rahul Gandhi; accuses PM of favouring industrialists
6 years ago

Will not let Narendra Modi sleep until farm loans are waived, says Rahul Gandhi; accuses PM of favouring industrialists

Firstpost  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the lack of farm loan waivers for the four years that the BJP has been in power, and said that the government had only worked for “15-20 industrialists” and ignored the marginalised groups. Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the lack of …

Rahul Gandhi and the eternally changing amount of ‘industrialists’ loans waived off’ by Modi
6 years, 2 months ago

Rahul Gandhi and the eternally changing amount of ‘industrialists’ loans waived off’ by Modi

Op India  

Addressing a rally in poll-bound Chhattisgarh’s Kanker region, the Congress President Rahul Gandhi once again resorted to spreading lies about the Industrialists’ ‘loans waived’ by the present regime. This time around, he alleged that the Modi government has waived loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore of 15 select industrialists since 2014. In November 2016, addressing a large group of Congress …

All you need to know about what the Modi govt is doing to solve the NPA mess
6 years, 3 months ago

All you need to know about what the Modi govt is doing to solve the NPA mess

Op India  

Back in the 1980s, banks were institutions of trust and the branch managers were seen as powerful people. From 1947 to 2007, in 60 years, banks gave loans worth 18 Lakh Crores while from 2008 to 2014; loans of the same banks scaled up to 52 Lakh Crores. By 2011 country’s large public sender lenders like SBI and Central Bank …

Arun Jaitley defends loan write-offs; says they don't lead to waivers, recovery still pursued
6 years, 3 months ago

Arun Jaitley defends loan write-offs; says they don't lead to waivers, recovery still pursued

Firstpost  

Jaitley, however, defended loan write-offs, saying these were done for “tax benefit and capital optimisation”. Commenting on reports that the country’s 21 state-owned banks wrote off Rs 3.16 lakh crore of loans in four years of the National Democratic Alliance government and made recoveries of Rs 44,900 crore in written-off loans, Jaitley in a Facebook blog said “technical write-offs” were …

Arun Jaitley defends loan write-offs; says they don't lead to waiver, recovery still pursued
6 years, 3 months ago

Arun Jaitley defends loan write-offs; says they don't lead to waiver, recovery still pursued

Firstpost  

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday defended loan write-offs by public sector banks, saying they do not lead to loan waivers and the exercise helps lenders clean up their balance sheets and achieve taxation efficiency. New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday defended loan write-offs by public sector banks, saying they do not lead to loan waivers and the …

‘Clown Prince’ Rahul Gandhi spreading falsehood on Rafale deal, loan waiver to industrialists: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
6 years, 3 months ago

‘Clown Prince’ Rahul Gandhi spreading falsehood on Rafale deal, loan waiver to industrialists: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

India TV News  

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday alleged that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was spreading falsehood on issues like Rafale deal and loan waiver to 15 industrial houses. Watch: Arun Jaitley attacks Rahul Gandhi, accuses him of lying on Rafale deal and NPA issue Gandhi has repeatedly attacked the Narendra Modi government on the deal to purchase Rafale fighter jets …

Will write off farm loans if Congress wins Lok Sabha poll, says Rahul Gandhi
6 years, 5 months ago

Will write off farm loans if Congress wins Lok Sabha poll, says Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

BIDAR: Ridiculing the ‘concern’ shown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speeches on improving the plight of the farming community, AICC President Rahul Gandhi on Monday dared him to prove he was true to his word by bearing fifty percent of the burden of farm loan waiver in Karnataka. Addressing the ‘Jana Dhwani Yatre’ programme organised here, Mr Gandhi …

Rahul Gandhi says if corporate loans can be waived, why not for farmers too; but does one wrong justify another?
6 years, 5 months ago

Rahul Gandhi says if corporate loans can be waived, why not for farmers too; but does one wrong justify another?

Firstpost  

Rahul Gandhi’s speech in Parliament on Friday during the no-confidence motion and his ‘hugplomacy’ have both takers and critics. Had loan waivers presented a solution to India’s farm distress, UPA’s 2009 mega loan waiver and a series of similar loan waivers Interestingly, Gandhi’s remarks came a day after one of the former RBI deputy governors, R Gandhi warned against the …

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