Keeping in view the possibility of monsoon arrival, the State Government has already begun the distribution of interest-free agricultural loans to farmers for upcoming Kharif season, officials informed.
Primary Agriculture Credit Cooperative Societies have distributed agriculture worth nearly Rs 924 crore to around 3.49 lakh farmers of the State during the last two months.
APEX Bank Chairman Ashok Bajaj informed that distribution of short-term agriculture loans to farmers for Kharif season has been started from April 1, 2016.
Bajaj told that the target of distribution agricultural loans of total worth nearly Rs 2800 crore to farmers has been set for current kharif season.
He informed that presently, loans worth Rs 63 crores has been distributed to farmers of Raipur district, Rs 15 crore has been distributed to farmers of Gariaband district, Rs 84 crore to farmers of Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, Rs 55 crore to farmers of Mahasamund district, Rs 33 crore to farmers of Dhamtari district, Rs 57 crore to farmers of Durg district, Rs 65 crores to farmers of Balod district, Rs 53 crores to farmers of Bemetara district, Rs 108 crores to farmers of Rajnandgaon district, Rs 133 crore to farmers of Kabeerdham district, Rs 33 crore to farmers of Bilaspur district, Rs 34 crore to farmers of Mungeli district, Rs 76 crore to farmers of Janjgir-Champa district, and short-term agriculture loans worth Rs 9 crore has been distributed to farmers of Korba district.
Bajaj further informed that agriculture loans worth Rs 9 crores have been distributed to farmers of Jagdalpur district, Rs 2.5 crore to farmers of Kondagaon district, Rs 1 crore to farmers of Narayanpur district, Rs 12 crore to farmers of Kanker district, Rs 27 lakh to farmers of Dantewada district, Rs 55 lakh to farmers of Bijapur district, Rs 83 lakh to farmers of Sukma district, Rs 11 crore to farmers of Sarguja district, Rs 4 crore to farmers of Balrampur district, Rs 6 crore to farmers of Surajpur district, Rs 2.5 crore to farmers of Koriya district, Rs 12 crore to farmers of Raigarh district and short term agriculture loans worth Rs 2 crore have been distributed to farmers of Jashpur district.