Farmers have urged the State Government to issue computerised chitta as in the absence of it they have been finding it difficult to obtain bank loans, a release from the farmers’ association, Vivasayeegal Sangam, has said.
The farmers have been getting chitta from the tahsildar/taluk offices concerned, but of late they were unable to get the land document, which has also made it difficult for them to register land.
The farmers’ association has urged the Central Government to give up the plan to charge 11 per cent interest on farm loans sanctioned by banks. At present the nationalised banks granted loans at four per cent and the cooperative credit societies at zero per cent.
They urged the Agriculture Department to make operational the mobile soil testing vans as at most places in the State. They sought distribution of humic acid from collieries as the chemical had been found to enrich soil content. The farmers also condemned the by-election held to various posts in the cooperative societies saying they were more of selection and less of election.
