Tag: Farm credit

Govt may increase farm credit target to about Rs 19 trillion in Budget 2021-22

This year, for the first time in the history of independent India, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman is scheduled to present a paperless Budget 2021-2022 to the members of the parliament on February 1.

January 26, 2021

Farm credit of Rs 11 lakh cr next fiscal is achievable: Jaitley

Exhorting the Indian banking sector to invest in long-term assets to improve capital formation in the agriculture sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday that the credit flow target of Rs 11 lakh crore for the sector during 2018-19 is achievable. “Investments in financial technology over the past few years have brought in efficiency, …

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February 26, 2018