The number of farmer families who have received Kisan credit cards in Chhattisgarh has increased to 18.25 lakh, officials said on Saturday.The State Government has been providing Kisan credit cards to the farmer families so that they can easily get cash to buy fertilisers, seeds and other essential needs of farming.
Two lakh 22 thousand farmers were given credit cards in the previous financial year 2013-14 while during the current financial year 2014-15, the number of such card holder families increased to 18 lakh 25 thousand, they said.
Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh has appealed the State farmers to visit their nearby societies and cooperative institutions and get the cards issued in their names and take more and more advantage of the scheme.
Officials of the Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Bank headquarters in Raipur said that farmers can avail loans from 1333 primary agriculture cooperative societies for farming. The societies operating under seven district cooperative central banks have issued the credit cards to the farmers.