Haryana Budget: CM Khattar proposes Rs 1.89 lakh crore state budget; announces waiver of interests, penalties on farmers’ loans

Geetanjali Gayatri

Chandigarh, February 23

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar presented his fifth successive budget in the Assembly here on Friday.

The CM announced several steps for farmers’ welfare, including waiver of interest and penalties on those farmers who will deposit their loans by May 2024.

While presenting the budget for the financial year 2024-25, Khattar said 14 crops would be bought at Minimum Support Price (MSP).

He said agricultural production had increased at the rate of 8.1 per cent in 2023-24, which is one of the highest in the country.

The government has deposited a payment of Rs 29,876 crore directly into the accounts of farmers in kharif and rabi season, 2023, he said.