The clock ticks on Maharashtra’s farm loan waiver ambitions as the expert committee’s final word remains elusive. Cooperation Minister Babasaheb Patil’s Friday assembly briefing revealed intensive data work on over 52 lakh accounts, responding to pointed questions from cross-party legislators.
Since its October 30, 2025, inception, the committee has shouldered immediate and strategic debt resolution duties. Banks have supplied details on loans through June 2025, arrears to late September, and consistent payers’ profiles over half a decade. Of 54.63 lakh targeted accounts, 52.80 lakh datasets fuel ongoing algorithmic dissection.
Patil recapped 2017’s scorecard: 44.04 lakh aided from 50.60 lakh qualifiers, 6.56 lakh in pipeline. Successes include Mahatma Phule’s 14.50 lakh grant recipients, incentivizing discipline through Aadhaar.
Post-Kharif 2025 floods, directives flew to SLBC and banks for loan rescheduling in vulnerable talukas and a moratorium on dues recovery for a year, offering vital breathing room.
Patil swatted fund shortage rumors: 2017 scheme’s digital backbone greenlit December 3, 2025; Rs 500 crore freed in winter session; Rs 5,175.51 crore eyed for 2026-27 continuity.
Fresh off CM Fadnavis’s Thursday pledge during governor’s debate response—awaiting the report for promise delivery—he decried historical banking scams: tampered ledgers, zombie accounts looting waivers.
Enter ‘Krishi-Sangrah’: Maharashtra’s digital agriculture fortress, consolidating registrations, ownership docs, 7/12s, and biometrics into a seamless, tamper-proof ecosystem. This isn’t mere relief; it’s a blueprint for fraud-free farming finance, ensuring every rupee reaches real tillers.