Kisan Credit Card

Cabinet approves continuation of interest subvention scheme for farmers

The release stated that continuation of the support is critical to sustaining the flow of institutional credit to agriculture, which is vital for enhancing productivity and ensuring financial inclusion for small and marginal farmers.

FM raises loan limit up to Rs 5 lakh under the Kisan Credit Card Scheme

Kisan Credit Cards facilitate short term loans for 7.7 crore farmers, fishermen, and dairy farmers. The loan limit has been raised under Modified Interest Subvention Scheme.

Govt considering to increase limit on Kisan Credit Card loans

Talks are on to also conceptualise a PM-SVANidhi kind of scheme for tenant farmers

Expansion of Kisan Credit Card issuance would boost tech usage in agriculture, say experts

Though the initiative for issuance of kisan credit card (KCC) has brought in some cheer among industry players, the segment under agri-credit has been under some stress lately.

Issuance of Jan Samarth based Kisan Credit Cards to be enabled to five states, says FM

Additionally, the government will also facilitate the implementation of the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for the agriculture sector.

As Kisan Credit Card loans rise, experts urge caution

The total outstanding amount under the KCC scheme rose to Rs 8.85 lakh crore in 2023 from Rs 8.13 lakh crore in 2022.

Bihar: Cooperative banks to soon provide interest-free, short-term loans to farmers

Under this initiative, farmers will be given credit for meeting their financial requirements of agricultural and other allied activities along with post-harvest expenses, an official said.

Kisan Rin Portal to be launched on September 19

A door-to-door KCC campaign and a manual of the Weather Information Network Data Systems (WINDS) portal will also be launched at an event to be held at the Pusa complex.