# 50 percent crop loan waiver for farmers with over 5 acres of land

- ID: P05-A-01#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p05-a-01-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p05-a-01-2)
- Pillar: 5. Welfare of Farmers, Agricultural Labourers and Fisherfolk
- Section: A. Farmers' Welfare
- Manifesto page: 43
- Stage: Formal order (A government order or sanction was issued)
- Last recorded: 5 Aug 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

50 percent of crop loans taken from cooperative banks by farmers holding more than 5 acres of land will be waived.

## Where it stands

Formal order on 16 Jun 2026.

The government ordered a waiver for cooperative bank crop loans up to Rs 75,000 for specific farmers.

**So far:** Crop loan waiver up to Rs 75,000 for 14,43,504 farmers

**Not yet seen:** The 50 percent waiver for farmers holding more than 5 acres remains unaddressed.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 3: The Government has implemented a loan waiver for farmers through co-operative societies. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=3))
- 19 Jun 2026 · Government order · G.O.(Ms) No.44 (Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection Department): The government sanctioned a crop loan waiver of approximately Rs. 5,932.23 crore for 14,43,504 farmers who availed crop loans from co-operative banks between 01.05.2025 and 28.02.2026. ([Open the document (Government order)](https://cms.tn.gov.in/cms_migrated/document/GO/cfcp_e_44_2026_ms.pdf))
- 16 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21969: The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has ordered a complete waiver of crop loans for small, marginal, and other large farmers who received loans of up to Rs 75,000 from cooperative banks between May 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_P.R.NO.234_-_Hon_ble_CM_Press_Release_-_Cooperative_Bank_Crop_Loan_Waiver_for_Farmers_-_Date_16.06.2026.pdf))
- 25 May 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21798: A crop loan waiver of Rs 5,000 will be provided to other large farmers who borrowed from cooperative banks. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_P.R.NO.083_-_Hon_ble_CM_Press_Release_-_Loan_Waiver_to_Farmers_through_Cooperative_Bank_-_Date_-__25.05.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.