MP farmer receives Rs 13 waiver on Rs 20,000 farm loan; govt asks him to inquire at the bank

However, several reports started to pour in, where farmers were provided loan waivers of just Rs 10, Rs 20 and Rs 50.

Niphania Baijnath, a farmer who lives in Malwa, said his name was included in the list of debt waivers, but just Rs 13 was waived off from his loan of Rs 20,000. "My loan of Rs 20,000 must be waived off as the government is waiving off loans up to Rs 2 lakh. Officials say they can do nothing," Baijnath told ANI.

Farmers from Khargone and Chief Minister Kamal Nath's Chhindwara constituency found their names against amounts as low as Rs 13 or Rs 232, according to an NDTV report. Hameed Khan, a farmer, said he availed a loan of Rs 10,000, but the amount waiver was only Rs 232.

In some cases, farmers said the names of people who have not taken loans are in the list of beneficiaries.

Responding to such reports, State Home Minister Bala Bachchan asked farmers to inquire about it from bank officials. He assured farmers that the government will "waive off loans up to Rs 2 lakh of farmers who are eligible and took loan within the specified time frame."

Taking a dig at the ruling Congress government over the farm loan waiver mess, Chouhan termed it as a 'cruel joke', The Financial Express reported. He alleged that while checking the list of beneficiaries, he came to know that half of the list was in English, a language most farmers will not be able to understand.