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Debt Conciliation Board, Government of Haryana
कर्ज निपटान बोर्ड, हरियाणा सरकार
Agency overview
Formed	28 January 2007
Jurisdiction	Government of Haryana
Headquarters	Chandigarh
Agency executive	Additional Deputy Commissioner, Chairman;
Website	revenueharyana.gov.in

The Debt Conciliation Board (DCB) is the independent organ of the Government of Haryana for the implementation of The Haryana Relief Of Agricultural Indebtness Act, 1989.^[1] It plays an important role in identifying the deserving candidates for providing relief and adequate benefits to them as per regulations.

History

In 2007 Budget the central government passed the law of waiving agricultural loans to the tune of ₹60,000 crore, and to distribute this relief the debt conciliation boards were set up by the Haryana government. The board was formed on 28 January 2007 by Chief Minister of Haryana BS Hooda.^[2] It was formed to provide relief from huge debts to the poor farmers and labourers of Haryana. First it was decided to constitute a single board for the state of Haryana. But due to the presence of large population of benefitors it was decided to constitute this board in every district of Haryana.

Hierarchy

The board in each district is presided by Additional Deputy Commissioner. The District Revenue Officer and a representative of the financial institutions are the other official members. Further there are two non official Government representatives from each district of Haryana. Non Official Members are as follows:^[3]

Ambala

Ram Pal Sharma
Gulab Singh Ranga

Bhiwani

Shish Ram Meechu
Raj Kumar Sarsar

Faridabad

Dr Harinder Pal Singh
Hem Dagar

Fatehabad

Darshan Singh
Hanuman singh

Gurgaon

Rao Sita Ram
Jitender Bhardwaj

Hisar

Rajpal Yadav
Bir Singh Dalal

Jhajjar

Balwant Singh
Radhey Shyam Parik

Jind

Rajbir Kataria
Suraj Bhan Khatak

Kaithal

Sudhir Mehta
Sajjan Singh Dhull

Karnal

Jaipal Mann
Lalit Butana

Kurukshetra

Lakhwinder Singh
Man Singh

Mewat

Raghubir Khokhiyaka
Khurshid Ahmed

Mahendragarh

Rajender Singh
Rajinder Singh

Panchkula

Naresh Mann
Om Prakash Gujjar

Panipat

Sadhu Ram
Dr Pritam Singh Rawal

Rewari

Harish Saini
Ravinder Chander

Rohtak

Ranbir Singh
Raghubir Singh Magu

Sirsa

Partap Khod
Ranjeet Singh

Sonepat

Jogender Singh Dahiya
Jaipal Butana

Yamuna Nagar

Naresh Kamboj
Raj Kumar Khurdban

Provisions in law

The boards have been constituted under the Haryana Relief of Agricultural Indebtedness Act. Though the Act was enacted in 1989, the boards have been constituted to make the Act really effective. The boards have the jurisdiction to provide relief to debtors of not only a cooperative bank, cooperative society, nationalised bank or commercial bank, but also to the debtors of private creditors and money-lenders. Any debtor, who has paid more than double the principal amount, can approach the board. Section 3 (e) and 4 of the Act under which these boards were constituted provided rescheduling of the debts of farmers with regard to the repayment capacity of the debtor. Section 12 (5) provided that in case the debtor has repaid to the creditor an amount equal to or exceeding double the principal amount, or the debtor on being apprised of such findings pays an amount which makes total repayment equal to double the amount of principal, the board shall have the power to declare the debt as fully discharged.^[4]

Criticism

DCB has been often criticised for being ineffective in providing relief to the deserving candidates in Haryana. It has been alleged that the main reason behind the lackadaisical attitude of the government on this issue was that most political leaders had their own commission agent shops in various grain markets of the state and hence they acted as moneylenders to farmers.^[5]

References

^ "Govt. of India Press Release" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^ "The Tribune, November". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^ "The Tribune, 2008". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^ "The Tribune, March". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^ "The Tribune, Criticism". Retrieved 13 July 2011.