Interest-free loan distribution programme begins in Uttarakhand
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Updated: Feb 06, 2021 22:04 IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 6 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched an interest-free loan distribution programme under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Cooperative Farmers Welfare Scheme at Bannu School in Uttarakhand's Dehradun on Saturday.
Under the scheme, the Uttarakhand government is providing upto Rs 3 lakh to 25000 farmers and upto Rs 5 lakh to farmers' groups.
The debt distribution ceremony was held simultaneously at 100 places across the state.
Addressing the event CM Rawat urged the farmers to make better use of the loan.
"The interest-free loan distribution programme will help in the development of farmers and rural areas and hence, they (farmers) can contribute to the development of the state," Rawat told ANI.