Decision on farm loan waiver at right time: CM
Pune: Chief minister
Devendra Fadnavis
on Saturday said a decision on loan waiver for farmers would be taken at an appropriate time.
He said guidelines and set procedures must be followed while taking such a decision. The Mahayuti govt would not backtrack from any of the assurances it had given, Fadnavis told reporters here after attending an
International Yoga Day
event at the
Savitribai Phule Pune University
(SPPU).
Opposition parties have been pressing for an immediate announcement of farm loan waiver to give relief to farmers in the state. Fadnavis said the govt would definitely take a call on the loan waiver at the right time.
The chief minister said the govt was keeping a watch on the ongoing rainfall in the state and on water storages in all major dams. "Planning has been done on the release of water and suspension of discharge from dams.
The govt is working in coordination with the neighbouring states on this. Our engineers have been deployed in these states. They are coordinating on water release and related developments," he said.
Fadnavis praised SPPU for its inclusion among 600 top universities in the world. "I congratulate SPPU, its staff, office-bearers, management council and senate members for the varsity's inclusion among the top universities.
I wish universities from the state feature among the top 500. I feel that SPPU is progressing on that path," he said. The CM said steps were being taken to fill up the vacant posts in SPPU. The minister for higher and technical education, Chandrakant Patil, had given the go-ahead and issued instructions in this regard, he said.
Fadnavis said the process to fill up the posts would begin soon.
He also congratulated the organisers for holding the function to mark International Yoga Day. He said warkaris participating in the Palkhi processions and on halt in Pune also participated.
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