While 42% of India's land area is currently facing a drought, 88.11% of Punjab's districts and 76.02% of Haryana's are drought-resilient, according to a 2018 study published in Journal of Hydrology
The Potential Linked Credit Plan (PLP) for 2013-14 for Thanjavur district prepared by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) envisages a credit flow of Rs. 3,489 crore. The plan was released by K. Baskaran, District Collector, at the bankers meeting on Thursday. S.T. Ravikumar, Assistant General Manager, District Development, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD); Raghu Vatsa Chari, Chief Regional Manager of Indian Overseas Bank; and Gnanavel, Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India; were present.
JAMMU: Minister for R&B Abdul Majid Wani today said that recently the Central Government has given nod for connecting 1100 habitations under PMGSY in the State. He was replying to a question of Javid Ahmad Rana regarding road connectivity in district Poonch. The Minister said that road connectivity in hilly and remote areas has been given top priority by the Government and several schemes under NABARD, PMGSY, State Plan and bad pockets in district Poonch are under execution and many of them have been completed.
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.
NABARD has projected disbursement of Rs 3,499 crore in Goa for 2013-14 financial year which is 24 per cent higher than the previous year, a senior official said on Tuesday. "It has been assessed that bank credit of Rs 3,499 crore can be disbursed in Goa during 2013-14 for priority sector which is 24 per cent higher than the previous year," NABARD General Manager S D Kulkarni told a gathering of bankers in Panaji.
Total financial outlay for the project pegged at Rs 150 crore The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development ( Nabard), in association with the Haryana government, has prepared a farmer-centric cultivation project it hopes would facilitate advancements of loans to farmers for setting up poly houses — a farming technique used for absorbing incoming solar radiation heat.
Pune: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has proposed a credit outlay of Rs 79,451.58 crore for Maharashtra in the 2013-14 fiscal. The outlay was released at the state credit
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has asked Haryana to initiate steps and improve rural institutional finance in the state, so that farmers are weaned away from private moneylenders
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
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.
Overall scheme likely to see Rs 10,000-cr cut in the coming Budget proposals The Cabinet today approved a Rs 38,500-crore allocation over five years for some projects under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. The overall scheme is expected to see a Rs 10,000-crore cut in the coming Budget proposals. The scheme had an annual allocation of Rs 24,000 crore till this year. There would be about Rs 7,000 crore annually for the schemes approved today. The Cabinet is also to consider next week a new version of the PMGSY, which might take the total annual spending to Rs 14,000 crore.
