Chandigarh: The Punjab government will disburse Rs 200 crore to nearly 50,000 farmers of six districts of the state in the third phase of the farm debt waiver scheme tomorrow.
The six districts to be covered under this phase are Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr), Amritsar and Tarn Taran. The disbursal process will be launched at a state-level function in Gurdaspur. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh would personally hand over the waiver cheques to the farmers who have been shortlisted by Financial Commissioner (Development) after verification.
In the first phase, 46,556 marginal farmers of five districts — Mansa, Bathinda, Faridkot, Muktsar and Moga — were given Rs 167.39 crore.
In the second phase, a total of 29,192 farmers of five districts — Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Fazilka and Ferozepur — were provided Rs 162.16 crore relief last month.
The government is working on it to make Gurdaspur loan waiver function a mega event as it is the parliamentary constituency of Congress state president Sunil Jakhar.