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NABARD to Release Rs. 10,000 cr for Punjab

July 10, 2018

NABARD to Release Rs. 10,000 cr for Punjab

To contribute towards agriculture and rural development in Punjab in the financial year 2018-19, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) plans to disburse as much as Rs. 10,000 crores to the state.

NABARD’s Chief General Manager J P S Bindra said that the bank had lent Rs. 8,000 crores to the state in FY18. He said that they have proposed to increase the short-term refinancing support as well through crop loans at lower rates which was Rs. 5,258 crores in FY18.

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