Opposition members faced off with Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday over the issue of farm loan waivers, prompting Speaker Om Birla to intervene and assert that advances under the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme are never written off.
Asking a supplementary question on KCC scheme, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) member Supriya Sule asked Minister of State, L. Murugan, to reply in ‘yes or no’ terms on whether the government has any plans to waive off the loans given to farmers under KCC scheme.
Stepping in, Mr. Rupala said it was for the first time that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended the scheme to fishermen and dairy farmers.
