New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- All India Kisan Sabha says the income support model is only helpful when it is supported by loan waiver.

The possibility of the Centre coming up with a nationwide direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme to help farmers in distress, as opposed to loan waiver, does not seem to have gone down well with some farmers' organisations like the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS).

The AIKS has already started protests against the income support model in place of granting a full-fledged loan waiver. Dr Ashok Dhawale, president of AIKS and a Central Committee member of the CPI(M), told The Sunday Guardian: "The income support model or any such policy is only helpful when it is supported by loan waiver. If the Central government is not w...