Nabard says zero budget farming can help ease rural distressThe finance minister said steps such as zero budget farming can help in doubling farmers' income in time for the 75th Independence Day cele...
05 Jul, 2019, 03.41 PM IST
Nabard plans to almost double balancesheet to Rs 7 trillion in 5 yearsThe development finance institution's chairman Harsh Kumar Bhanwala said the just legislated Nabard Bill will help in growing its balance s...
08 Jan, 2018, 07.53 PM IST
Budget 2017: Arun Jaitley raises credit to farmers to Rs 10 lakh croreDuring April-September period of 2016-17 fiscal, about Rs 7.56 lakh crore credit has been disbursed to farmers and the total target is like...
02 Feb, 2017, 01.42 AM IST
Nabard plans bond issue next monthHe said micro-irrigation (drips and sprinklers) is a technological option, and though it reaches only about 10% of the potential area, it c...
12 Jul, 2016, 02.19 PM IST
Budget 2016: Budget will be a great fillip to rural demand says Nabard ChairmanNabard has welcomed the Budget saying the measures announced are positive for the sector that will help boost the sagging rural demand.
29 Feb, 2016, 03.45 PM IST
Nabard net surplus up by 33% to Rs 2,400 croreAgri-bank Nabard reported 33 per cent increase in post-tax surplus for 2014-15 at Rs 2,400 crore today, driven by an increase in its core r...
31 Mar, 2015, 08.55 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
Nabard expects rural credit fund in Union Budget 2015The share of cooperative banks and regional rural banks (RRBs) in investment credit in agriculture and allied sectors has been coming down.
26 Feb, 2015, 05.50 PM IST
NABARD launches Rs 5,000-crore fund to push agriculture investmentsBhanwala said the share of Cooperative Banks and RRBs in investment credit in agriculture and allied sectors was an "abysmal" 13% in 2013-1...
11 Sep, 2014, 05.48 PM IST
Nabard plans to raise Rs 5,000 cr via tax-free bondsThe agriculture finance institution has written to the government, seeking higher fund allocation and clearance for the bond issue in the c...
09 Jun, 2014, 12.53 PM IST
Nabard cuts refinance rate by 0.20 pcNational Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) today reduced refinance rate for banks and other lending agencies by 0.20 per ...
10 Jan, 2014, 08.29 PM IST
New food law: Nabard to put up 10K warehouses in panchayatsNabard has kick-started an ambitious project to build 10,000 warehouses at panchayat level this fiscal.
08 Sep, 2013, 06.00 PM IST
- Nabard seeks to raise capital limit four-fold to Rs 20,000 crore
Nabard seeks to raise its capital limit four times to Rs 20K cr as it braces for bigger role in the new scheme of things where the governme...
21 Mar, 2012, 12.20 PM IST
- Nabard asks banks to lend 50k cr to WB's priority areas
Nabard said banks should lend nearly 50,000 crore to the priority areas in West Bengal to improve agricultural yield as well as the state's...
10 Mar, 2011, 03.49 AM IST
- Nabard not averse to entering banking biz: Chairman
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) is not averse to entering the commercial banking space, its chairman said ...
12 Apr, 2010, 07.53 PM IST
- Budget 2010: FM proposes boost in FIF and FITF
Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) and Financial Inclusion Technology Fund (FITF) are perhaps the two most talked about funding vehicles for pr...
05 Mar, 2010, 02.09 PM IST
- Nabard, Dairy Board to set up Rs 2,000-cr project
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
02 Aug, 2006, 02.53 AM IST