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The decision to provide soft loans comes a fortnight after the Centre raised benchmark selling price of sugar at factory gate by Rs 2 to Rs 31 per kg.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said that without freeing farmers from the clutches of debts, their condition and that of their villages cannot be improved.
This initiative now comprises about 6,100 installations covering over 35,000 villages and serving over 4 million farmers.
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