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Scope of loan-waiver package to be enhanced, says Pawar

NCP supremo and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has indicated that the scope of the loan-waiver scheme would be enhanced to cover even those farmers who possess more than 5 acres of land. He was speaking at NCP meeting in the national capital. Pawar said he had received demands from the farmers from Maharashtra as also elsewhere for enhancing the scope of loan-waiver package. He said the proposal was under consideration of the government.