June 14, 2023 5:18 am
In comparison, other schemes like Jyoti Gram Vikas Yojana reported 107 per cent achievement of the yearly target.
February 16, 2022 7:30 am
Historically, the cooperative banks have cornered the major chunk of credit disbursal for rural areas.
December 28, 2021 3:05 am
While only 2.3 per cent of the KCC loan applications for animal husbandry have been sanctioned, a dismal 0.9 per cent of the applications by fishermen have so far received loan approvals from banks, according to a quarterly report by the SLBC published last week.
September 29, 2021 10:13 am
Along with agriculture, housing and education, lending to MSMEs is a priority sector for banks for extension of credit facility.
September 28, 2021 2:39 pm
The question was first raised during the August meeting of the State-Level Banking Committee (SLBC) — the apex body of bankers in the state, which was attended by senior ministers, including chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.
May 30, 2019 2:27 am
The state government approved the annual state credit plan of Rs 4.24 lakh crore for 2019-20 that also included Rs 87,322 crore for the agriculture sector. In 2018-19, the state government had approved Rs 58,319 crore for crop loans. The directives to financial institutions was to meet 90 to 95 per cent target.
December 21, 2015 12:09 am
Asks bankers to go “on a mission mode” to extend soft loans to affected people.
May 11, 2013 2:48 am
The Reserve Bank today asked banks to set-up a monitoring mechanism for periodical evaluation of the progress made in the implementation of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme by them.



