The Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavlamban Mission (VNSSM), set up by the Maharashtra government, proposes to provide new crop loans to all farmers in 14 districts in a bid to arrest suicides, its chairman said on Monday.

"We have proposed 100 percent new crop loans worth around Rs.40,000 crore to all farmers from April 2016, for which the state government and NABARD would be required to make suitable funds outlay," VNSSM's newly-appointed chairman Kishore Tiwari told IANS.