New Delhi, 14 February 2025: Union Minister of State for Agriculture Ramnath Thakur has presented the data of indebted farmers of the country in Parliament. In these, various states have been mentioned and it has been told in which state the most surprising thing is that Punjab is at number three in this indebted list. Every farmer family in Punjab has a debt of Rs 2.03 lakh.
According to the released data, the farmer family of Andhra Pradesh is the most indebted. Yes, Andhra Pradesh has a debt of Rs 2.54 per farmer family. While the farmer of Kerala is at number two in the country. In Kerala, there is a debt of Rs 2.42 lakh per farmer family.
Apart from this, in the neighboring state of Punjab, Haryana, there is an average debt of Rs 1.83 lakh per farmer family. The farmer family of Himachal Pradesh has a debt of Rs 85,825. The farmer of Jammu and Kashmir has a debt of Rs 30,435. The average debt burden per farmer at the national level is Rs 74,121.
