PNB to set up farmers training centre in Orissa
Punjab National Bank has envisaged interest to set up a farmers training centre in Bhubaneswar.
By PTI |
BHUBANESWAR: Punjab National Bank (PNB) has envisaged interest to set up a farmers training centre here.
Official sources said bank chairman K C Chakraborty met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Monday and the state government agreed to provide requisite land for the purpose in Ganjam district.
The farmers of Orissa would be imparted training on modern technologies in cultivation, Chakraborty said.
During the meeting, Patnaik asked him to provide loan and financial assistance to self-help groups, particularly to those run by women created under Mission Shakti, the state's initiative to make women economically independent.
Chakraborty, on his part assured the government that the bank would like to provide education loans to students in the state.
Official sources said bank chairman K C Chakraborty met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Monday and the state government agreed to provide requisite land for the purpose in Ganjam district.
The farmers of Orissa would be imparted training on modern technologies in cultivation, Chakraborty said.
During the meeting, Patnaik asked him to provide loan and financial assistance to self-help groups, particularly to those run by women created under Mission Shakti, the state's initiative to make women economically independent.
Chakraborty, on his part assured the government that the bank would like to provide education loans to students in the state.
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