NABARD is in talks with the Reliance group for funding a Rs 800-crore medicinal plant project in Jamnagar. The project will involve some 5,000 farmers in Jamnagar and Navsari and the proposal will
Lagging progress in farmer producer firms could lead to start of credit guarantee schemes, with possible equity stake from government To boost small and marginal farmers, the Budget is likely to announce a credit guarantee fund for Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), with equity participation by government in such organisations. An FPO is typically a company comprising only farmers and producers but formed under the Companies Act. It is different from a cooperative society, though in most places these are called co-ops.
The Patiala Congress parliamentary candidate Preneet Kaur today said that the Rs 148-crore flood protection works, which had been sanctioned by NABARD, would cover both Patiala and Sangrur districts,
The success of micro-finance institutions in different parts of India and other developing countries is a testimony to the fact that the farmer needs genuine access to credit and not just cheap credit, say Saji Gopinath and Abhilash Nair
The NABARD District Development Office, Sivasagar, Assam, organised an orientation training for SHGs. Leaders and members of about 100 SHGs participated in the programme besides the volunteers of
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 2.54 crore to Kerala under its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund IX (RIDF IX). According to Mr B. S. Shekhawat,
A meeting of self help groups (SHGs) was recently organised jointly by NABARD and Lakhimi Gaonlia Bank (LGB) in association with the gaon panchayats of Longpotia and Sarupathar at the market
The Andhra Pradesh State Focus Paper(SFP) of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD) has projected a potential of Rs 22,538 crore for investment in agriculture, allied
A scheme has been formulated by NABARD in consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India and selct banks for providing credit assistance to agriculture graduates by the banks for
With eco-tourism picking up in different parts of the country, can Jharkhand be far behind? On the contrary, in less than two months, the tribal village of Janumdih in Potka block of East Singhbhum will offer a unique rural experience for visitors.
People who instal solar equipment to get 30 per cent subsidy Mysore and the twin cities of Hubli-Dharwad are among the 60 cities from across the country that have been included under the Union Government’s Solar City project, which aims to augment power generation from unconventional sources. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has appointed Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) as the nodal agency for implementing the project in Karnataka.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned an amount of Rs 67.41 crore to the state government for 11 irrigation
The NABARD has sanctioend Rs 218 crore financial assistance to Andhra Pradesh Government under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for the implementation of Soil and Moisture Conservation
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), District Development Office, Sivasagar, Assam, under Vikash Volunteer Vahini (VVV) programme, launched Anai (Saras) Krishak Sangha,
Finance minister Jaswant Singh announced a Rs 50,000 crore fund under the aegis of Nabard to fund his proposal to launch a second Green Revolution. The fund is to be made operational within four
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched the District Rural Industries Project (DRIP) in Cachar district, of Assam, a press release said. Inaugurating the DRIP at
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has announced a package for lending to agri-clinics and agribusiness centres. The package is aimed at encouraging agriculture
With the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) gradually increasing fund allocation under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) scheme, competition among states is
The loan waiver will lighten the debt burden of the farmers. But in the long term this will adversely affect the rural credit institutions that extend loans to farmers. A discussion of the likely fallout.
The Punjab Irrigation Department has successfully explored NABARD, which has agreed to finance irrigation systems and the lining of
