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What is Kisan Credit Card Scheme?
Scheme is in the nature of revolving Cash Credit.
What are the extra benefits/facilities exgtended
through KCC as compared to usual crop loan?
The Credit needs of the farmer for entire year with his consumption
needs are taken into account while fixing the limit. Farmer
can operate the account at his option and as per his needs
within the limit.
Is it working satisfactorily?
The scheme is working satisfactorily, we have issued 3,23,000
Kisan Credit Cards so far.
What are the benefits under PAIS and amount of premium
to be borne by a farmer?
The risks covered under PAIS are as under:
Death due to accident – calim
at Rs.50,000
Permanent
total disability Rs.50,000
Loss of two limbs or two
eyes or
One limb and
one eye Rs.50,000
Loss of one limb or one eye
Rs.25,000
The farmer has to
pay Rs.5/- per annum whereas the bank bears Rs.10/- p.a.
PAIS is covering KCC holders. Is there any other
Scheme to cover all other farmers?
SBI Life Scheme covers other farmers, where yearly premium
is Rs.480/- and amount of claims upto Rs.1.00 lac for death
due to any reasons and Rs.2.00 lacs for death due to Accident
are covered, for Rs.50,000 claim amount a premium of Rs.240/-
and for Rs.25,000/- a premium is Rs.120/-.
Is there any other scheme like KcC to take care of
farmers' Investment Credit Requirements?
Kisan Star Card Scheme where farmer can be sanctioned
a maximum loan upto Rs.3.00 lacs with 10% for his consumption
needs.
What is Kisan Star card Scheme and facilities offered
to farmers?
Kisan Star Card Scheme which is a hassle free scheme
were farmer can purchase Agri implements, machinery etc.
as far his needs and choice including his consumption requirement.
Maximum number of accounts permitted are 5.
Are Banks giving Produce Marketing Loans?
Yes, the Produce Marketing Loans are given to avoid distress
sale of farm produce
What are the benefits to the farmers?
The Crop loan borrowers are given loans at the same interest
rate at which he was given crop loans. The repayment period
is upto 12 months.
What are the post harvest schemes available to avoid
distress sale?
Produce market loans. Loans for constructing Rural Godowns,
Cold Storages, Smaller Size Farmer godowns are given. Loans
against ware house receipts are also given.
How Rural Godowns Scheme beneficial to farmers?
Rural Godowns scheme. The NABARD is giving subsidy upto
25%. The farmer can substitute to his farm income. It will
generage employment. Farmer can keep his own produce in the
godown and avail produce market loan.
What are the margin for Agriculture Loan?
No
margin upto Rs.10,000
For crop loans if scale of finance are
detrermined taking into account margin. Then no marging.
For
term loans above Rs.10,000/- 15% to 25% depending upon the
quantum of loan.
Whether Bank is giving collateral free loans to
farmers, if so to what extent?
Upto Rs.25,000/- No Collateral security is asked, above
Rs.25,000 equitable mortgage of farm land or other liquid
securities wherever mortgage is not possible.
For Sugarcane growers with
tie up arrangement with sugar factories upto Rs.1.00 lac no
collateral security is asked.
Whether banks are giving relief to drought-affected
people, if so what are they?
The existing
short term loans are converted into term loan with suitable
instalments.
Fresh crop loan are giving to rejuvenate
existing crops or take fresh crops.
Term loan
instalments are postponed.
Loans are given for
repairs of farm machinery, sheds, wells etc.
Loans
are given for purchase of drought animals, milch animals,
and to some extent for his consumption needs.
What type of transportation loans are available
from the Bank to the farmers?
Loans are given for purchase of tractors, power tillers,
trailers, harvesters, two wheelers, bullock carts etc.
What type of Macro/minor Irrigation loans are available
to farmers?
Loans are given for Lift Irrigation, Minor Irrigation,
Drip Irrigation, Sprinklers, Pumpsets, Borewells, Tube Wells
and all types of irrigation systems.
What
are interest rates to Agriculture loans under Low Interest
Rate Regime?
Bank is giving loans to farmers upto Rs.25,000 below
PLR and upto Rs.2.00 lacs at PLR rates. Our Interest rates
are being designed in such a way that no farmer will have
to pay more than 2% above PLR for any type of loan.
Whether compounding of interest
is there?
Compounding of interest on current dues are not done,
compounding is done only on overdues.
Whether Banks are giving loans
to tenant farmers/share croppers?
We are giving loans upto to Rs 10,000/- to tenant farmers/share
croppers without any collateral, however for loan above Rs.10,000
collateral security is obtained. We have so far financed 14,008
tenant farmers with a financial outlay of Rs.17.00 crores.
How many SHGs are financed by the Bank and what are
future plans for the current year?
We have financed so far SHGs amounting to Rs._________.
We have planned to cover 20,000 groups during the current
financial year.
Whether bank is extending any training to SHGs and
Rural Artisans?
We have opened a Rural Training Institute at Hasanparthi
at Warangal to take care of training needs of SHG and Rural
Artisans.
We
are organizing Kisan Melas, Dealers Meet to educate the farmers
about various schemes, products. Programmes from experts in
the field of Agri, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry etc. are
also organized to disseminate information on production of
various crops and adoption of modern techniques of farming. |
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