Rewari/New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Amid the farmers' protest for the fourth consecutive day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that his Government at the Centre has been actively working on various schemes for the "benefit of farmers". Addressing a public gathering after laying the foundation stone for AIIMS at Rewari in Haryana, the PM said his BJP-led NDA Government has provided farmers with the "guarantee" to seek loans from banks, a privilege previously denied to them.

"We provided farmers with the Modi guarantee... banks did not grant them loans, but we assured farmers," the PM said. He made these assertions at a public rally where he recalled that his first address after the party named him the Prime Ministerial candidate in 20...