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Rs. 4,807 crore deposited into bank accounts of 7.65 lakh farmers under farm loan waiver scheme: Maharashtra CM

<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has informed that Rs. 4,807 crore have been deposited into the bank accounts of 7.65 lakh farmers under the Mahatma Phule farm loan waiver scheme.<br />''<br />''Addressing a press conference in Mumbai on Tuesday, Mr. Thackeray said over 35 lakh farmers have uploaded their information on a special portal created for the scheme while authentication of ten lakh beneficiary accounts has been done so far.<br />''<br />''The Chief Minister said loans of farmers whose accounts are linked with Aadhar will be waived off, adding that farmers don't have to stand in queue to get the waiver.<br />''<br />''Talking about his wife Rashmi's appointment as editor of party mouthpiece Saamana, Mr. Thackeray said he had to quit the editor's post after the chief ministership "unexpectedly" came to him. He said Saamana, Shiv Sena and Thackeray can't be separated.</span><br />

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