<p>As many as 10,187 farmers have died due to Covid-19 and they have left behind outstanding loans of Rs 79.47 crore in cooperative banks, the government said Wednesday. </p>.<p>Cooperation Minister ST Somashekhar said the chief minister will take a call on waiving these loans in 3-4 days.</p>.<p>“In a couple of days, the Apex Bank board of governors will meet and take a decision on the loan waiver. Our CM and government are committed to help farmers during the Covid-19 distress. We will also ensure that farmers get credit,” Somashekhar said. </p>.<p>If the loan waiver comes through, the highest number of beneficiaries will be in Belagavi where 3,334 farmers who succumbed to Covid-19 had Rs 23.84 crore outstanding loans, followed by Bidar (824 farmers) and Vijayapura (754 farmers). </p>.<p>These are loans borrowed from the Karnataka State Cooperative Apex Bank, the District Cooperative Central banks and the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies. </p>.<p>In the previous 2020-21 fiscal, the government’s credit target was for 24.50 lakh farmers to get short-term and medium-term crop loans worth Rs 15,300 crore. “Exceeding this garget, we covered 25.67 lakh farmers with Rs 17,108 crore of loan. Of them, 10,187 farmers died due to Covid-19 and the CM is considering writing off their loans worth Rs 79.47 crore,” Somashekhar said. </p>
<p>As many as 10,187 farmers have died due to Covid-19 and they have left behind outstanding loans of Rs 79.47 crore in cooperative banks, the government said Wednesday. </p>.<p>Cooperation Minister ST Somashekhar said the chief minister will take a call on waiving these loans in 3-4 days.</p>.<p>“In a couple of days, the Apex Bank board of governors will meet and take a decision on the loan waiver. Our CM and government are committed to help farmers during the Covid-19 distress. We will also ensure that farmers get credit,” Somashekhar said. </p>.<p>If the loan waiver comes through, the highest number of beneficiaries will be in Belagavi where 3,334 farmers who succumbed to Covid-19 had Rs 23.84 crore outstanding loans, followed by Bidar (824 farmers) and Vijayapura (754 farmers). </p>.<p>These are loans borrowed from the Karnataka State Cooperative Apex Bank, the District Cooperative Central banks and the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies. </p>.<p>In the previous 2020-21 fiscal, the government’s credit target was for 24.50 lakh farmers to get short-term and medium-term crop loans worth Rs 15,300 crore. “Exceeding this garget, we covered 25.67 lakh farmers with Rs 17,108 crore of loan. Of them, 10,187 farmers died due to Covid-19 and the CM is considering writing off their loans worth Rs 79.47 crore,” Somashekhar said. </p>
