With successful campaign for introduction of Kissan Credit Cards(KCC) among the farmers, Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir today said that out of 12 lakh farmer families 7 lakh KCC’s has been issued in the state till date.The Minister said this while reviewing the progress of implementation of KCC scheme in the state. The aim of the scheme is to provide easy credit facilities to the marginal farmers of the state.The Meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary Agriculture production, Dr. Asgar Samoon, Director Agriculture, Kashmir, Peerzada Mushtaq, Deputy Genral Manager, NABARD and representative of Jammu & Kashmir Bank and other senior officers of agriculture and revenue department.
The Minister directed the revenue and bank authorities to clear all the pending cases as early as possible which are necessary for achieving the 100% percent target. The direction was also passed to bank authorities to explore the possibilities to cover the cocoon growers and those farmers with no land holding but perform farming on tenancy basis, under the KCC’s scheme.The Minister said that easy availability of credit facilities to the farmers particularly marginal farmers will help boost the agriculture activities in the state adding that it will also help in introduction of farm mechanization in the sector.The Meeting was informed that Rs 595 cr credit facilities have been provided to those 1.71 lakh Kissan Credit Card holders who opted to avail the benefit in 12 districts of Kashmir pision. The Minister called upon all KCC holders to come forward and avail the benefits under the scheme.