The Annual Credit Plan (ACP) for Namakkal District for the financial year 2013-14 at an outlay of Rs. 2,565 crore that will cover 10,93,364 borrowers in the priority sectors was released by District Collector
PERHAPS, for the first time, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) is setting up a Rs 6,000-7,000-crore liquidity support facility to fund-distressed farmers. With the
Burdwan, 9 FEB: US Consul General in Kolkata, Ms Beth A Payne, today visited a watershed project in Burdwan district and praised the women who were associated with the Nabard-funded scheme (see sns photo).
The Ministry of Agriculture has asked the Finance Ministry to ensure that the " bottlenecks" in re-finance from NABARD were removed to provide debt relief to farmers and thereby double the flow of
Check dams will be constructed on various water bodies in the district for conservation of water, District Panchayat President K.V. Dasan has said. Addressing a district-level seminar on water conservation organised jointly by various departments and local bodies here on Wednesday he said the dams would be constructed in co-operation with the gram panchayats.
Just a couple of days after the government unveiled a policy package to boost lending to the farm sector, commercial banks and Nabard today said that a couple of special schemes aimed at providing
The Sivasagar district development office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in association with the District Social Welfare Department organised a workshop on SHGs
MADURAI: A major NABARD-funded project to replenish ground water levels by creating artificial recharge structures has taken off in the district. More than 34,175 dug wells have been identified tentatively in seven blocks, where ground water levels are low.
Mechanized agricultural materials were distributed among the self-help group members recently at Dehingia Gaon, Singhaduar in Sivasagar district of Assam. The programme was organized by NABARD,
Mangalore, DHNS: NABARD Regional Training College in Mangalore will be organising a national seminar on 'Agri Produce Enrichment' on October 13 and 14. According to a press release, the seminar with the slogan
Evidence of tampering with, overwriting & alteration of records The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in a report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, pointed out that several ineligible farmers were favoured and a large number of deserving small and marginal farmers left out in implementation of the United Progressive Alliance’s much-touted Rs. 52,000-crore farm loan waiver scheme.
This is text of Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) final report on Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme (ADWDRS) tabled in the Parliament on March 5, 2013. It highlights several lapses in the scheme announced by the UPA government in 2008.
A WORRIED government has put on fast track the proposed bill to regulate micro-lenders, as it seeks to ensure that over-regulation by states does not kill the sector that is envisaged to play a big role in furthering financial inclusion. The finance ministry could move a bill in the winter session of Parliament that will make Nabard responsible for regulation of all non-profit microfinance
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has held talks with Reliance Life Sciences, Gufic Bio Sciences, Zandu Pharma-ceuticals and Baidy-anath Pharma to explore opportunities
NABARD District Development Office, Sivasagar, Assam, under Vikash Voluntary Vahini (VVV) programme launched Alok (Saras) Krishak Sangha under the service area of Lakhimi Gaonlia Bank. About 60
Fragmentation of landholdings, decreasing crop yield and drought are the major challenges to the agriculture sector in Karnataka, Chief Secretary S V Ranganath has said. The average landholding has nosedived to 1.55 hectares in 2010-11 from 3.2 hectares in 1970-71. The need of the hour is a technology that can help farmers owning small landholdings survive comfortably, he said on Wednesday.
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has agreed to send secretaries of agriculture and irrigation departments to the state for a review of agricultural schemes in Jharkhand. During a meeting with chief minister Arjun Munda in Delhi today, Pawar said he was ready to accept Jharkhand
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has formulated schemes to enhance the flow of credit to specified sectors of the rural economy. According to Bhavar Puri, chief general
Under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, the Central government sanctioned 17,500 plastic-lined farm ponds in Maharashtra and allocated Rs 80 crore. To prevent the use of sub-standard plastic film, a committee was formed with representation from NABARD and various plastic technology bodies. The committee finalized three companies
Haryana is one of the first states in the county to have started issuing new smart kisan credit cards (KCC). Besides ensuring financial inclusion of farmers, the move will also link them to institutional
