New Delhi, March 30 -- The Union government has taken various steps to support farmers, including small and marginal, through increasing access to Kisan Credit Cards (KCC), and promoting their digital issuance in all States/UT.

According to a statement released by the Ministry of Finance, "the Priority Sector Guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued to banks, and Ground Level Agriculture Credit (GLC) Target by the Government to banks act as key policy instruments in scaling up KCC coverage and enhancing financial inclusion among farmers."

In terms of extant guidelines on Priority Sector Lending (PSL) issued by RBI, Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks, Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Primary (Urban) Co-opera...