Govt To Roll Out Credit, Insurance Packages For Farmers Today menafn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from menafn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The initiatives included a portal for comprehensive data on financial services offered to farmers, a campaign to cover all beneficiaries of the PM Kisan cash-transfer programme under the Kisan credit card scheme and an integrated agricultural weather portal | Latest News India
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The Indian government plans to spend around Rs 20,000 crore on Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loans, according to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. The Centre will be re-launching KCC initiatives to provide loans up to Rs 3 lakh. The government has also launched the Kisan Rin Portal to help farmers avail subsidised loans under the KCC, as well as a door-to-door KCC campaign and a manual for the Weather Information Network Data Systems (WINDS) portal. The initiatives aim to provide more focused and efficient agriculture credit and support farmers in making well-informed choices.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar announced on Tuesday that the government is set to allocate around Rs 20,000 crore for Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loans.