Boost credit flow to allied agri activities: FM to RRBs
Business Standard|November 30, 2024
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday directed regional rural banks (RRBs) to increase their share in ground-level agriculture credit disbursement with special focus on allied agriculture activities like dairy, animal husbandry, fisheries.
HARSH KUMAR
Boost credit flow to allied agri activities: FM to RRBs

Sitharaman chaired a meeting to review the performance of eight RRBs of the eastern region covering the four states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal in Patna.

She also directed Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank to increase credit flow to fisheries and foxnut (makhana) to realise the full potential of these activities in the region.

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