Bhopal: Major farm loan scam running in crores exposed

Bhopal: Major farm loan scam running in crores exposed

Staff ReporterUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 03:08 AM IST
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Bhopal: Financial irregularities to the tune of crores of rupees have come to fore in a dozen districts following submission of application forms for farm loan waiver. Examination of the forms has revealed that a number of farmers who did not take any loan, have been shown as borrowers.

Besides, there are several farmers whose loan amount is less but in the books of cooperative societies they are shown as having huge loan against them. Irregularities in disbursing loans have been reported from districts namely Datia, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Damoh, Panna, Hoshangabad, Harda, Sagar and Dhar.

Cooperatives minister Govind Singh said complaints from several districts have come that farmers who did not take loan actually were shown in the list as debtors. Terming it as huge scam, Singh said the anomalies may be more than Rs 200 crore. Alleging that BJP leaders and employees of cooperative societies were behind the scam, Singh said principal secretary, cooperatives, has been ordered to investigate into the irregularities, said Singh.

“The matter would be investigated across the state after completion of farm loan waiver. Not only investigations, but first information report (FIR) would also be filed and recovery of loan from actual debtors would be done,” said the minister. “Loan would not be waived in the cases where farmers did not take loan but recovery would be done from those who withdrew loan in the name of farmers,” he stated.

The officers of the department have been instructed to ensure sending list of loan taken by farmers every year to the tehsildar, Singh informed. The entry of loans of farmers should be made through online mode in cooperative banks too, he stressed. According to sources in cooperatives department, the investigations into the irregularities could be assigned to some top investigating agency after completion of farm loan waiver.

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