Agriculture Credit

Amid farmer protests, govt extends interest subsidy on short-term crop loans

The Interest Subvention Scheme for 2017-18 has been approved in the Cabinet meeting, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today

Modi's comments on farm sector lending is grossly unfair; banks have always lent to farmers

It is time government thinks about ways to mobilise funds for farm sector from non-banking sources and stop forcing banks to lend

Agriculture credit jumped seven-fold during UPA's tenure: PM

Agriculture credit jumped seven-fold to Rs 7,00,000 crore in the past ten years of UPA government, boosting foodgrains output to a record and enabling enactment of food law.

Farm credit to cross Rs 7 lakh cr, exports to surge over $45 bn

Chidambaram also stated that agricultural exports are likely to cross $45 billion this fiscal, as against $41 billion in 2012-13.