India, March 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Government has taken various steps to support farmers, including small and marginal, through increasing access to Kisan Credit Cards (KCC), and promoting its digital issuance in all States/UT. These measures inter-alia includes the following:
i. 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 Prim...