Hyderabad, Aug 1: In cheering news for six lakh farmers in Telangana, the state cabinet today decided to waive farmers’ loans below Rs 50,000.

This decision was taken by a meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan, the CM’s camp office-cum-official residence here.

The Cabinet wanted the loan waiver to be completed between August 15 and the current month-end.

The cabinet directed the officials to get details of children who had been rendered orphans due to COVID-19.

The cabinet decided to set up a cabinet sub-committee headed by Women and Child Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod to draw an action plan to develop orphanages in the state. (UNI)