Budget Is A Cheat With Bihar:Nitish

While welcoming the loan waiver given to farmers, Nitish said the move would give very little benefit to the farmers in Bihar. "Banks give very little loan to farmers. Farmers here still are under the control of private lenders," he said, stressing that the Union government should have announced a cut in interest on agriculture loans. He said though the economic survey had referred to regional imbalances, the Centre had not announced any measures to remove them