Outlook Outlook English, 16 April 2018 | Page 4

Relief for the Sons of Soil: Uttar Pradesh is an agrarian state. Its agriculture capacity can be valued by its volume of producing rice, wheat, and sugar-cane and many other crops. But the farmers of the state never got their dues which prompted them to be debt ridden and unhappy. None of the previous government paid attention to bring them out of their miserable condition. As Yogi Adityanath himself comes from a rural background he knew, to bring UP back on track, he need to get these farmers back to life. The first decision which his first cabinet took was the loan redemption to these son’s of soil. The state government has given a loan redemption to all 86 lakh small and marginal farmers who have taken a loan before March 31, 2016. The amount up to one lakh rupees has been redeemed as promised. Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana (Prime Minist