The government has instructed all the regional commissioners, zonal police inspectors, district administration and police superintendents that no lender should force or harass the debtors who belong to below the poverty line farmer families.
Based on Chief Minister Kumaraswamy’s instructions, Chief Secretary T M Vijaya Bhaskar has issued a circular to this effect.
The state cabinet had passed the “Karnataka Debt Relief Bill 2018”, in a move to ease the financial burden on small farmers, agricultural labourers and other weaker sections of the society.
This follows pre-election assurances made by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on behalf of his party Janata Dal (Secular) of making farmers “debt free.”
Accordingly, the government has now instructed all the authorities to ensure that no lender will harass or force any debtors who belong to below the poverty line farmer families.
