Punjab waives off loan worth ₹67 crore of 4,750 Dalit families

The Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday approved a loan waiver for 4,750 Dalit families who had availed loans from the Punjab Scheduled Castes Land Development and Finance Corporation. Loans worth ₹67 crore taken by Dalit families have been waived off, said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann after a Cabinet meeting.