<p>The BJP Tuesday alleged that nearly 34 lakh farmers had been denied their right under the loan waiver scheme of the UPA government and demanded a CBI inquiry to unearth the real extent of the ''scam''.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has checked only about 90,000 accounts out of 3.5 crore accounts of farmers.<br /><br />"CAG has found out that 13 percent eligible farmers were not considered by lending institutions. Also 8.5 percent ineligible beneficiaries got benefits," Javadekar said.<br /><br />"A CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe should be ordered to get the real picture," he said.<br /><br />He said figure of eligible farmers not getting the benefit, and number of ineligible beneficiaries is likely to increase once a detailed inspection is carried out.<br /><br />The Comptroller and Auditor General has said there were serious lapses and malpractices in implementing the government's Rs.52,000 crore ($9.5 billion) farm loan waiver scheme in 2008.<br /><br />In a report tabled in parliament Tuesday on the "Implementation of Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008", the CAG said there were irregularities in at least one in five cases.<br /></p>
<p>The BJP Tuesday alleged that nearly 34 lakh farmers had been denied their right under the loan waiver scheme of the UPA government and demanded a CBI inquiry to unearth the real extent of the ''scam''.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has checked only about 90,000 accounts out of 3.5 crore accounts of farmers.<br /><br />"CAG has found out that 13 percent eligible farmers were not considered by lending institutions. Also 8.5 percent ineligible beneficiaries got benefits," Javadekar said.<br /><br />"A CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe should be ordered to get the real picture," he said.<br /><br />He said figure of eligible farmers not getting the benefit, and number of ineligible beneficiaries is likely to increase once a detailed inspection is carried out.<br /><br />The Comptroller and Auditor General has said there were serious lapses and malpractices in implementing the government's Rs.52,000 crore ($9.5 billion) farm loan waiver scheme in 2008.<br /><br />In a report tabled in parliament Tuesday on the "Implementation of Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008", the CAG said there were irregularities in at least one in five cases.<br /></p>