WAIVERS GO A-BEGGING: There aren't enough takers, it seems, for Devendra Fadnavis's farm loan waiver scheme.

The article reports that the number of farmers who have applied for the loan waiver scheme introduced by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was much lower than the projected 8.9 million. Topics discussed include reasons for the fewer applicants including a requirement for applicants to furnish copies of their Aadhaar numbers, and the fact that land ownership in many farming families has not changed on paper.