Jharkhand's credit potential for priority sector lending in FY'26 projected at Rs 88,303 crJharkhand's priority sector lending credit potential for 2025-26 is projected at Rs 88,303 crore, a 64% increase from the current year. Emp...
15 Feb, 2025, 07.00 PM IST
NABARD sanctions Rs 770 crore for two irrigation projects in JharkhandNABARD has sanctioned Rs 770 crore for the construction of two irrigation projects in Jharkhand, enhancing agricultural activities. These p...
12 Oct, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
Government orders winding up of 44 multi-state credit cooperative societies in 9 states, UTs: Amit ShahShah, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said, "Complaints have been received for non-repayment of funds against some of the multi-State ...
07 Dec, 2021, 06.18 PM IST
Budget gives push to micro-irrigation sectorThe water scarcity and droughts in some parts of the country has put the spotlight on water-saving technology over the past few years with ...
01 Feb, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
NABARD should cover more farmers, distribute credit cards: Jharkhand Agriculture MinisterRandhir Singh said NABARD should cover more number of farmers of the state and distribute Credit Cards among them with increased amount of ...
06 Jan, 2016, 03.05 AM IST
About 35,000 solar water pumps installed in India against the 1,38,267 sanctionedThe ministry has issued supplementary guidelines for one lakh solar pumps during 2014-15 fiscal and Rs 353.50 crore was released to various...
03 Aug, 2015, 05.34 PM IST
Over 2,000 tribal farmers to form cooperative, trusts and company as part of NABARD’s planOver 2,000 farm bodies in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, MP will be incubated to grow into a cooperative, trust and ultimately, a company.
30 Mar, 2015, 01.27 PM IST
Jayant Sinha launches Nabard's digitisation scheme for women self help groupsNabard started pilot project for complete digitisation of SHGs to improve quality of interface between members and banks for efficient and ...
15 Mar, 2015, 06.50 PM IST
Make law to check exploitation of tribal women: BJDThey were being exploited by placement agencies and agents who pay them less and use violence against those women who protest.
03 Mar, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
Nabard chairman Harsh K Bhanwala says keen to seek a small bank licenceThe farm-focused developmental lender National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) today said it is keen to seek a small ba...
13 Nov, 2014, 10.12 PM IST
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development's cold storage plan faces concentration in few statesNabard plans to disburse nearly three-fourth of the dedicated Rs 5,000 crore corpus in seven large states including Gujarat, Maharashtra an...
09 Oct, 2014, 04.42 PM IST
Budget 2014: Agriculture sector gets a new lease of lifeA price stabilisation fund, steps to set up a national market for farm produce, irrigation schemes and new agricultural universities were a...
10 Jul, 2014, 01.18 PM IST
Nabard sees refinancing jumping 40% on good monsoonsBolstered by good monsoon, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has revised its farm loan refinancing target for the fiscal ...
18 Aug, 2013, 02.21 PM IST
- NPCL rolls out Aadhar-enabled payment system
The National Payment Corporation, or NPCL, has rolled out its Aadhar-enabled payment system (AEPS) project to make banking easier for those...
04 Mar, 2011, 07.19 AM IST
- Jharkhand banks to take on Naxals
Banks in Jharkhand are targeting Naxal-hit districts to improve their credit deposit ratio (CDR). As many as 17 banks in the state have low...
23 Jun, 2007, 04.12 AM IST
- Growth can’t be achieved without positive regulation
Capping of rates will reduce the viability of legitimate institutions and encourage players willing to use unethical practices to dominate ...
09 Apr, 2007, 01.48 AM IST
- Land issues dog rural schemes
Problems relating to land acquisition have put rural infrastructure projects in two of West Bengal’s neighbouring states, Bihar and Jharkha...
20 Sep, 2006, 12.00 AM IST