Khammam: The loan waiver is likely to be delayed by more than a month as the government understands that it needs to go for field checking before depositing the waiver amount into the accounts of the beneficiaries.
The government had identified 3.5 lakh farmers eligible for loan waiver of the total 5.5 lakh ryots in Khammam district.
The revenue officials informed the government authorities that they would be able to crosscheck the details of only 10,000 farmers a day and that it woul take at least 35 working days to complete the task. The revenue officials will have to check if the identified farmer, who is going to be benefited by the scheme, has land in the said village and if the survey number and name provided match with that provided to them. The government estimated that Rs 1,711 crore would be needed to waive the total loan amount of the 3.5 lakh farmers in Khammam.
