GANDERAL: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today convened a meeting of the concerned officers and representatives of various banks to review the progress in issuance of Kissan Credit Cards (KCC) among the beneficiaries in the district.
The implementation of KCC scheme and linking of beneficiaries with their AADHAR numbers was prominently discussed during the meeting.
The DDC sought details from the concerned regarding total forms submitted to the banks for approval of KCC and disbursement of loan to the beneficiaries.
On the occasion, the DDC directed for cent percent saturation under the KCC scheme in the district and also asked the officers of Agriculture department and Bankers to achieve the targets with close coordination so that the farmers could avail various benefits and subsidies under the scheme.
The Chief Agriculture Officer informed the meeting, that a total of 47434 beneficiaries have been identified under the scheme, whose forms are already submitted to the banks.
The DDC directed the bankers to expedite the process of providing Kissan Credit Card (KCC) to all the farmers who have submitted the same at bank branches so that beneficiaries could avail the benefits of the scheme at an earliest.
Chief Planning Officer, Chief Agriculture Officer, Lead Bank Manager, Agriculture Extension Officers and other concerned attended the meeting.