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28 Lakh Farmers Reeling Under Loan Burden: Saini Govt in House

March 20, 2025

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Hindustan Times Amritsar

The farmers in Haryana owe a staggering ₹60,060 crore in outstanding agricultural loans as of December 31, 2024, affecting 27.71 lakh agriculturists across the state, the BJP government informed the assembly on Wednesday in response to a question raised by Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA Aditya Devilal.

- HT Correspondent

CHANDIGARH:

According to the data, Sirsa district has the highest outstanding agricultural debt, with farmers there owing ₹6,102 crore.

Hisar follows closely with ₹5,873 crore in unpaid loans, while Karnal ranks third with an outstanding amount of ₹4,849 crore. Other districts with a significant debt burden include Fatehabad, where farmers owe ₹4,241 crore, Kaithal with ₹4,023 crore, and Jind, where the outstanding amount stands at ₹3,957 crore.

Kurukshetra district has an outstanding loan of ₹3,628 crore, while Bhiwani farmers owe ₹3,696 crore. In Ambala, the unpaid agriculture loan amount stands at ₹2,716 crore, slightly ahead of Yamunanagar, where farmers owe ₹2,766 crore. Sonepat farmers have an outstanding debt of ₹2,461 crore, whereas Panipat farmers owe ₹2,124 crore. The districts of Rohtak and Jhajjar have outstanding amounts of ₹1,946 crore and ₹1,929 crore, respectively.

Rewari's outstanding agricultural loan amount stands at ₹1,712 crore, and Palwal follows closely with ₹1,709 crore. In Mahendragarh, farmers owe ₹1,892 crore, while in Nuh, the outstanding amount is ₹1,145 crore. Gurugram's debt burden is comparatively lower at ₹842 crore, while Charkhi Dadri has an unpaid loan of ₹1,302 crore.

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