Aurangabad / Mumbai, Jun 10 : The Maharashtra cabinet Today took an important decision to provide interest free crop loans up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers in the state.

It may be recalled that Deputy Chief and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar had made an announcement earlier in the Assembly in the budget speech.

Accordingly, the farmers in the state who regularly repay their crop loans will get crop loans up to Rs 3 lakh at zero per cent interest, an official statement said.

This important decision was taken by the Maha Vikas Aghadi government on 22nd anniversary of the Nationalist Congress Party.

This is another important decision of the MVA government after loan waiver, the statement added.(UNI)