(a) whether any shortcomings have been reported in the implementation of Coffee Debt
Relief package;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government to rectify the
same; and
(c) the total amount of loan waived off along with the number of farmers benefited under
the said scheme?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (DR. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a&b): Coffee Debt Relief Package 2010 sanctioned by Government of India for the debt ridden
coffee growers has been implemented successfully by the Coffee Board and Banks. No shortcomings
in the implementation of the Coffee Debt Relief Package (CDRP) has come to the notice of the
Coffee Board. However, some of the farmers who could not get the benefit as per their
expectations/ calculations represented to the Coffee Board. As and when such representations
were received, the matter was taken up with the banks and State Level Bankers Committees.
(c): Total benefit of Rs. 293.45 crores of Government share of liability has been reimbursed
benefiting 1,35,283 small coffee growers.